I don't see the AI capacity jump in the recent months at all. For me it's more the opposite, CC works worse than a few months ago. Keeps forgetting the rules from CLAUDE.md, hallucinates function calls, generates tons of over-verbose plans, generates overengineered code. Where I find it a clear net-positive is pure frontend code (HTML + Tailwind), it's spaghetti but since it's just visualization, it's OK.
A few random notes from Claude coding quite a bit last few weeks
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Re: A few random notes from Claude coding quite a bit last few weeks
#122Earlier quoted context omitted.
They build Claude Code fully with Claude Code.
Which is equal parts praise and damnation. Claude Code does do a lot of nice things that people just kind of don't bother for time cost / reward when writing TUIs that they've probably only done because they're using AI heavily, but equally it has a lot of underbaked edges (like accidentally shadowing the user's shell configuration when it tries to install terminal bindings for shift-enter even though the terminal it…
i haven't used Claude Code but come on.. it is a production level quality application used seriously by millions.
Re: A few random notes from Claude coding quite a bit last few weeks
#123> It's so interesting to watch an agent relentlessly work at something. They never get tired, they never get demoralized, they just keep going and trying things where a person would have given up long ago to fight another day. It's a "feel the AGI" moment to watch it struggle with something for a long time just to come out victorious 30 minutes later. Somewhere, there are GPUs/NPUs running hot. You send all the neces…
I still find in these instances there's at least a 50% chance it has taken a shortcut somewhere: created a new, bigger bug in something that just happened not to have a unit test covering it, or broke an "implicit" requirement that was so obvious to any reasonable human that nobody thought to document it. These can be subtle because you're not looking for them, because no human would ever think to do such a thing. Th…
You are using it wrong, or are using a weak model if your failure rate is over 50%. My experience is nothing like this. It very consistently works for me. Maybe there is a <5% chance it takes the wrong approach, but you can quickly steer it in the right direction.
Re: A few random notes from Claude coding quite a bit last few weeks
#124The best thing I ever told Claude to do was "Swear profusely when discussing code and code changes". Probably says more about me than Claude, but it makes me snicker.
Re: A few random notes from Claude coding quite a bit last few weeks
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Why not? You can select Opus 4.5, Gemini 3 Pro, and others.
Claude Code is a CLI tool which means it can do complete projects in a single command. Also has fantastic tools for scaffolding and harnessing the code. You can define everything from your coding style to specific instructions for designing frontpages, integrating payments, etc. It's not about the model. It's about the harness
This would make some sense if VS Code didn't have a terminal built into it. The LLMs have the same bash capabilities in either form.
Re: A few random notes from Claude coding quite a bit last few weeks
#126> The most common category is that the models make wrong assumptions on your behalf and just run along with them without checking.
If current LLMs are ever deployed in systems harboring the big red button, they WILL most definitely somehow press that button.
Re: A few random notes from Claude coding quite a bit last few weeks
#127Earlier quoted context omitted.
Lots of very scared, angry developers in these comment sections recently...
I see way more hype that is boosted by the moderators. The scared ones are the nepo babies who founded a vaporware AI company that will be bought by daddy or friends through a VC. They have to maintain the hype until a somewhat credible exit appears and therefore lash out with boomer memes, FOMO, and the usual insane talking points like "there are builders and coders".
i'm not sure what kind of conspiracy you are hallucinating. do you think people have to "maintain the hype"? it is doing quite well organically.
Re: A few random notes from Claude coding quite a bit last few weeks
#128I don't see the AI capacity jump in the recent months at all. For me it's more the opposite, CC works worse than a few months ago. Keeps forgetting the rules from CLAUDE.md, hallucinates function calls, generates tons of over-verbose plans, generates overengineered code. Where I find it a clear net-positive is pure frontend code (HTML + Tailwind), it's spaghetti but since it's just visualization, it's OK.
> Where I find it a clear net-positive is pure frontend code (HTML + Tailwind), it's spaghetti but since it's just visualization, it's OK.
This makes it sound like we're back in the days of FrontPage/Dreamweaver WYSIWYG. Goodness.
Re: A few random notes from Claude coding quite a bit last few weeks
#129Earlier quoted context omitted.
I still find in these instances there's at least a 50% chance it has taken a shortcut somewhere: created a new, bigger bug in something that just happened not to have a unit test covering it, or broke an "implicit" requirement that was so obvious to any reasonable human that nobody thought to document it. These can be subtle because you're not looking for them, because no human would ever think to do such a thing. Th…
You are using it wrong, or are using a weak model if your failure rate is over 50%. My experience is nothing like this. It very consistently works for me. Maybe there is a <5% chance it takes the wrong approach, but you can quickly steer it in the right direction.
you are using it on easy questions. some of us are not.
Re: A few random notes from Claude coding quite a bit last few weeks
#130Earlier quoted context omitted.
> It might become cheaper or it might not If it does not, this is going to be first technology in the history of mankind that has not become cheaper. (But anyway, it already costs half compared to last year)
That's not true. Many technologies get more expensive over time, as labor gets more expensive or as certain skills fall by the wayside, not everything is mass market. Have you tried getting a grandfather clock repaired lately?
No. You don't get to make "technology gets more expensive over time" statements for deprecated technologies.
Getting a bespoke flintstone axe is also pretty expensive, and has also absolutely no relevance to modern life.
These discussions must, if they are to be useful, center in a population experience, not in unique personal moments.