Learn Claude Code by doing, not reading

Post by mrtksn » Mon, Mar 30, 2026, 9:44 PM UTC

cyanydeez wrote: post #5

mrtksn wrote: post #3

Are people again learning a new set of tools? Just tell the AI what you want, if the AI tool doesn't allow that then tell another Ai tool to make you a translation layer that will convert the natural language to the commands etc. What's the point of learning yet another tool?

I think somewhere between 2016 and 2026 the market realized that programmers _love_ writing tools for themselves and others, and it went full bore into catering to the Bike Shedding economy, and now AI is accelerating this to an absurd degree.

Post by faeyanpiraat » Mon, Mar 30, 2026, 9:49 PM UTC

mrtksn wrote: post #8

faeyanpiraat wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I cannot decipher what you mean, have you mixed up the tabs, and wanted to post this somewhere else? The linked site is a pretty good interactive Claude tutorial for beginners.

Nope, why would anybody type commands to a machine that does natural language processing? Just tell the thing what you want.

Post by mrtksn » Mon, Mar 30, 2026, 9:53 PM UTC

faeyanpiraat wrote: post #13

mrtksn wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nope, why would anybody type commands to a machine that does natural language processing? Just tell the thing what you want.

Yes, but you gotta learn what is possible. I wouldn't have the thought to say to the machine to compact its context if I didn't know it has context and it can be compacted, right?

Post by manmal » Mon, Mar 30, 2026, 9:56 PM UTC

grewil2 wrote: post #12

Side note: I don’t know what Anthropic changed but now Claude Code consumes the quota incredibly fast. I have the Max5 plan, and it just consumed about 10% of the session quota in 10 minutes on a single prompt. For $100/month, I have higher expectations.

Post by nickphx » Mon, Mar 30, 2026, 9:59 PM UTC