What makes Claude Code so damn good

I really like a lot of what Google produces, but they can't seem to keep a product that they don't shut down and they can be pretty ham-fisted, both with corporate control (Chrome and corrupt practices) and censorship

Re: What makes Claude Code so damn good

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Post by KaoruAoiShiho » Sat, Aug 23, 2025, 7:53 PM UTC

alex1138 wrote: post #5

What do people think of Google's Gemini (Pro?) compared to Claude for code? I really like a lot of what Google produces, but they can't seem to keep a product that they don't shut down and they can be pretty ham-fisted, both with corporate control (Chrome and corrupt practices) and censorship

It sucks.

Re: What makes Claude Code so damn good

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Post by ezfe » Sat, Aug 23, 2025, 7:53 PM UTC

alex1138 wrote: post #5

What do people think of Google's Gemini (Pro?) compared to Claude for code? I really like a lot of what Google produces, but they can't seem to keep a product that they don't shut down and they can be pretty ham-fisted, both with corporate control (Chrome and corrupt practices) and censorship

Gemini frequently didn't write code for me for no explicable reason, and just talked about a hypothetical solution. Seems like a tooling issue though.

Re: What makes Claude Code so damn good

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Post by dingnuts » Sat, Aug 23, 2025, 7:54 PM UTC

dang wrote: post #3

LaGrange wrote: post #2

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Please don't post unsubstantive comments to Hacker News, and especially not putdowns. The idea here is: if you have a substantive point, make it thoughtfully. If not, please don't comment until you do. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

I appreciate the vague negative takes on tools like this where it feels like there is so much hype it's impossible to have a different opinion. "It's bad" is perfectly substantiative in my opinion; this person tried it, didn't like it, and doesn't have much more to say because of that, but it's still a useful perspective.

Is this why HN is so dang pro-AI? the negative comments, even small ones, are moderated away? explains a lot TBH

Re: What makes Claude Code so damn good

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Post by ebzlo » Sat, Aug 23, 2025, 7:55 PM UTC

dingnuts wrote: post #4

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Yes technically it is RAG, but a lot of the community is associating RAG with vector search specifically.

Re: What makes Claude Code so damn good

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Post by djmips » Sat, Aug 23, 2025, 7:56 PM UTC

ezfe wrote: post #7

alex1138 wrote: post #5

What do people think of Google's Gemini (Pro?) compared to Claude for code? I really like a lot of what Google produces, but they can't seem to keep a product that they don't shut down and they can be pretty ham-fisted, both with corporate control (Chrome and corrupt practices) and censorship

Gemini frequently didn't write code for me for no explicable reason, and just talked about a hypothetical solution. Seems like a tooling issue though.

Sounds almost human!