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Re: Learn Claude Code by doing, not reading

#111

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This is a serious problem with the fact that it's nearly impossible to understand what a "token" is and how to tame their use in a principled way. It's like if cars didn't advertise MPG, but instead something that could change randomly.

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Re: Learn Claude Code by doing, not reading

#112

I use claude code every day, I've written plugins and skills, use MCP servers, subagent workflows, and filled out the "Find your level" quiz as such. According to the quiz, I am a beginner!

A lot of these quizzes end up measuring whether you use the author's preferred workflow, not whether you're actually effective with the tool.

Those aren't the same thing.

Re: Learn Claude Code by doing, not reading

#113
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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.

Relevant: https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/1s7zgj0/investiga... https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/1s7mkn3/psa_claud...

Anthropic really needs to opensource claude code.

One of the biggest turnoffs as a claude code user is the CC community cargo culting the subreddit because community outreach is otherwise poor.

Re: Learn Claude Code by doing, not reading

#114

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Relevant: https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/1s7zgj0/investiga... https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/1s7mkn3/psa_claud...

This is a serious problem with the fact that it's nearly impossible to understand what a "token" is and how to tame their use in a principled way. It's like if cars didn't advertise MPG, but instead something that could change randomly.

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Re: Learn Claude Code by doing, not reading

#115
I’m missing something here. Isn’t the best “doing” to actually use Claude to build stuff? The barrier to entry is so low.

Why do you need to memorize slash commands? They are somewhat useful and you can just read them from the autocomplete.

Re: Learn Claude Code by doing, not reading

#117

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I had to double check that they'd removed the non-1M option, and... WTF? This is what's in `/config` → `model` 1. Default (recommended) Opus 4.6 with 1M context · Most capable for complex work 2. Sonnet Sonnet 4.6 · Best for everyday tasks 3. Sonnet (1M context) Sonnet 4.6 with 1M context · Billed as extra usage · $3/$15 per Mtok 4. Haiku Haiku 4.5 · Fastest for quick answers So there's an option to use non-1M Sonnet…

`/model opus` sets it to the original non-1M Opus... for now.

Not sure why you were downvoted because this is actually correct. Can also use --model opus

Re: Learn Claude Code by doing, not reading

#118

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I noticed 1M context window is default and no way not to use it. If your context is at 500-900k tokens every prompt, you’re gonna hit limits fast.

do you pay for the full context every prompt? what happened with the idea of caching the context server side?

It helps a ton but it doesn't last forever and you still have to pay to write to the cache

Re: Learn Claude Code by doing, not reading

#120

I use claude code every day, I've written plugins and skills, use MCP servers, subagent workflows, and filled out the "Find your level" quiz as such. According to the quiz, I am a beginner!

I was a bit confused by the quiz results as well. But it's just a bug :)

Level ranges for the 10 questions (the score ranges are in the html): Beginner 0~3, Intermediate 4~7, Advanced 8~10

Makes sense. But:

- You get 0 points if you press A/B, 1 point if you press C, 2 points if you press D

- Scoring uses a fallback to Beginner level if your total score exceeds the expected max which is 10

`const t = Object.values(r).find(a => l >= a.min && l Pressed D 5x then A 5x, got Advanced

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