Addicted to Claude Code–Help

#1

Post by aziz_sunderji » Sat, Mar 07, 2026, 5:12 PM UTC

I think I’m addicted to Claude Code. All I want to do all day is explore ideas using data. I worry I’ll look back ten years from now and question my time use. I ended up…making lots of good charts? That’s it? If you feel similarly, how are you setting boundaries?

Re: Addicted to Claude Code–Help

#2

Post by d--b » Sat, Mar 07, 2026, 5:31 PM UTC

IMO, There are worse things to be addicted to. At some point you’ll outgrow it.

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#3

Post by Peregrine1 » Sat, Mar 07, 2026, 5:31 PM UTC

Link the charts! Do you think they’re awesome?

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#4

Post by levzzz » Sat, Mar 07, 2026, 5:32 PM UTC

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#5

Post by evilhackerdude » Sat, Mar 07, 2026, 5:36 PM UTC

you're fine. have you made any sankey charts? nsfw: https://seidt.quest/s/aella/

i am waiting for someone to surpass the original steam engine sankey diagram: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JIE_Sankey_V5_Fig1.p...

Re: Addicted to Claude Code–Help

#6

Post by crop_rotation » Sat, Mar 07, 2026, 5:36 PM UTC

I view Claude code same as how I used to use Jetbrains IDEs. I mean yes they are not same but even when I first learned of Pycharm pro and it's features I had this urge to make a lot of random idea apps. The landscape has changed but the solution is same. Prefer spending your time on things that give you long term happiness in any way.

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#7

Post by erdemo » Sat, Mar 07, 2026, 5:37 PM UTC

I hear you! It feels like I got a new toy when I was a kid sometimes. I am a 15+ software developer, and I am not sure if I want to keep working in the same way I used to if claude code suddenly disappears one day.

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#8

Post by w4yai » Sat, Mar 07, 2026, 5:39 PM UTC

evilhackerdude wrote: post #5

you're fine. have you made any sankey charts? nsfw: https://seidt.quest/s/aella/ i am waiting for someone to surpass the original steam engine sankey diagram: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JIE_Sankey_V5_Fig1.p...

what. did. I. just. witness.

Re: Addicted to Claude Code–Help

#9

Post by simonw » Sat, Mar 07, 2026, 5:39 PM UTC

I know dozens of people who are in a similar state right now, following the November 2025 moment when Claude Code (and Codex) got really good.

I wouldn't worry about it just yet - this is all very novel, and there's a lot of excitement involved in figuring out what it can do and trying different things.

If you're still addicted to it in three months time I'd start to be concerned.

For the moment though you're building a valuable mental model of how to use it and what it can do. That's not wasted time.

Re: Addicted to Claude Code–Help

#10

Post by moomin » Sat, Mar 07, 2026, 5:39 PM UTC

I’m doing a bunch of deeply horrible ops stuff at the moment, and the ability for Claude to write the worst python script in the world and tell me which machines aren’t configured the way I think is invaluable.