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Re: Learn Claude Code by doing, not reading

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Post by htx80nerd » Wed, Apr 01, 2026, 4:01 PM UTC

ekropotin wrote: post #63

htx80nerd wrote: post #51

I continue to find the non-stop claude spam fascinating. Gemini and ChatGPT have been very good for my needs, Claude not so much. Every week, if not every day, Claude spam is all over this site. But barely a peep about Gemini or ChatGPT coding capabilities.

That’s good to know your personal preferences. Please keep us posted!

I started with Claude for a basic JS project. It failed over and over. Gemini sorted out the same problems faster. Claude was always wanting to rip out huge blocks of code and replace them. Did it fix the problem? Almost never. It was a small JS code base Claude made itself.

Claude was my first coding AI, I liked it, I wanted to use it. But when I ran out of tokens I went to Gemini and got way better results.

And now every day I see Claude spam like it's the best thing that ever happened. Real world use tells a different story. I didnt just "one off" try it and have a problem. This is week and weeks of issues.

Claude fails basic questions when given very clear prompts - ON VANILLA JAVASCRIPT.

Re: Learn Claude Code by doing, not reading

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Post by joecot » Wed, Apr 01, 2026, 4:10 PM UTC

nurettin wrote: post #106

joecot wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can use Opus with OpenCode anytime you want, just not with the Claude plan. You can use it via API with any provider, including Anthropic's API. You can use it with Github Copilot's plan. The only thing you can't do without getting banned is use OpenCode with one of Claude's plans.

I keep seeing this "you can use the inconvenient and unpredictably costly way all you want" pedantic kneejerk response so often lately. It's like saying well humans can fly with a paraglider. It is correct and useless. Most here won't have cash to burn with unbounded opus api usage.

If you want to use Opus with a different coding harness along with a coding plan, you can use Github CoPilot. It even has built in authentication with OpenCode.

Re: Learn Claude Code by doing, not reading

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Post by rco8786 » Thu, Apr 02, 2026, 11:41 AM UTC

mrtksn wrote: post #23

rco8786 wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Claude Code is a tool that uses natural language ai systems. It itself is not a natural language ai system.

The idea that AI can write code like a seasoned software developer but not being able to use its own tooling that can be learned through 11 chapters tutorial doesn't make any sense.

Ok? I'm just explaining what claude code is, not pontificating about the capabilities of AI.