Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

6 weeks of Claude Code

blog.puzzmo.com

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

211–220 of 603 posts

Re: 6 weeks of Claude Code

#211

Post by dimitri-vs »

phito wrote: post #185
justlikereddit wrote: post #128

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've been exploring vibe coding lately and by far the biggest benefit is the lack of mental strain. You don't have to try to remember your code as a conceptual whole, what your technical implementation of the next hour of code was going to be like at the same time as a stubborn bug is taunting you. You just ask Mr smartybots and it deliver anything between proofreading and documentation and whatnot, with some minor f…

It's alright until you have a bug the LLM can't solve, then you have to go in the code yourself and you realize what a mess it has made.

I haven't found such a bug yet. If it fails to debug on its second attempt I usually switch to a different model or tell it to carpet bomb the code with console logs, write test scripts and do a web search, etc.

The strength (and weakness) of these models is their patience is infinite.

Re: 6 weeks of Claude Code

#212

Post by globular-toast »

elliotec wrote: post #198
socalgal2 wrote: post #196

I wish I got this level of productivity. I think every article should list exactly what they asked the LLM to do because I'm not getting as much use from it and I don't know if it's because what I work on is rare compared to say website front and backend code and/or if I just suck at prompts/context or I'm using the wrong services or don't have the correct MCPs etc....

Is it possible to view the prompt history? I’ve had extreme levels of productivity and would love to list out how I’ve been using it generally for an article like this but it would be incredibly impractical to log it on the side.

Just show the code you've produced.

Re: 6 weeks of Claude Code

#213

Post by msikora »

dvfjsdhgfv wrote: post #207
msikora wrote: post #159

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just a few months ago I couldn't imagine paying more than $20/mo for any kind of subscription, but here I am paying $200/mo for the Max 20 plan! Similarly amazed as an experienced dev with 20 YoE (and a fellow Slovak, although US based). The other tools, while helpful, were just not "there" and they were often simply more trouble than they were worth producing a lot of useless garbage. Claude Code is clearly on anoth…

May I ask what you are use it for? I have been using it for fun mostly, side projects, learning, experimenting. I would never use it for work codebase, unless, well, the company ordered or at least permitted it. And even then, I'm not really sure I would feel comfortable with the level of liberty CC takes. So I'm curious about others.

It's our own SaaS we're trying to launch with my partner. So no work-related issues.

Re: 6 weeks of Claude Code

#214

Post by elAhmo »

skydhash wrote: post #131
arrowsmith wrote: post #101

The real power of Claude Code comes when you realise it can do far more than just write code. It can, in fact, control your entire computer. If there's a CLI tool, Claude can run it. If there's not a CLI tool... ask Claude anyway, you might be surprised. E.g. I've used Claude to crop and resize images, rip MP3s from YouTube videos, trim silence from audio files, the list goes on. It saves me incredible amounts of tim…

> If there's a CLI tool, Claude can run it. If there's not a CLI tool... ask Claude anyway, you might be surprised. No Claude Code needed for that! Just hang around r/unixporn and you'll collect enough scripts and tips to realize that mainstream OS have pushed computers from a useful tool to a consumerism toy.

Simple task of unzipping with tar is cryptic enough that collecting unix scripts from random people is definitely something people don't want to do in 2025.

Re: 6 weeks of Claude Code

#215

Post by shortrounddev2 »

exe34 wrote: post #163
shortrounddev2 wrote: post #157

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Im a vibe code skeptic because I dont consider it coding. I assume it can write some decent code, but that's not coding.

Coding can only be done by replicators born out of carbon, I imagine?

No, coding can be done by machines. But if you're telling a machine what to program, you're not coding. The machine is. Youre no longer a programmer, you're just a user.

Re: 6 weeks of Claude Code

#217

Post by dbalatero »

blackqueeriroh wrote: post #174
risyachka wrote: post #135

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"mental strain" in a way of remembering/thinking hard is like muscle strain. You need it to be in shape otherwise it starts atrophying.

My friend, there’s no solid evidence that this is the case. So far, there are a bunch of studies, mostly preprints, that make vague implications, but none that can show clear causal links between a lack of mental strain and atrophying brain function from LLMs.

You're right, we only have centuries of humans doing hard things that require ongoing practice to stay sharp. Ask anyone who does something you can't fake, like playing the piano, what taking months off does to their abilities. To be fair, you can get them back much faster than someone that never had the skills to begin, but skills absolutely atrophy if you are not actively engaged with them.

Re: 6 weeks of Claude Code

#218

Post by msikora »

bonzini wrote: post #188
msikora wrote: post #159

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just a few months ago I couldn't imagine paying more than $20/mo for any kind of subscription, but here I am paying $200/mo for the Max 20 plan! Similarly amazed as an experienced dev with 20 YoE (and a fellow Slovak, although US based). The other tools, while helpful, were just not "there" and they were often simply more trouble than they were worth producing a lot of useless garbage. Claude Code is clearly on anoth…

When I first tried letting Cursor loose on a relatively small code base (1500 lines, 2 files), I had it fix a bug (or more than one) with a clear testcase and a rough description of the problem, and it was a disaster. The first commit towards the fix was plausible, though still not fully correct, but in the end not only it wasn't able to fix it, each commit was also becoming more and more baroque. I cut it when it wr…

These tools and LLMs differ in quality, for me Claude Code with Claude 4 was the first tool that worked well enough. I tried Cursor before, it's been a 6+ months ago though, but I wasn't very impressed.

Re: 6 weeks of Claude Code

#219

Post by UncleEntity »

socalgal2 wrote: post #196

I wish I got this level of productivity. I think every article should list exactly what they asked the LLM to do because I'm not getting as much use from it and I don't know if it's because what I work on is rare compared to say website front and backend code and/or if I just suck at prompts/context or I'm using the wrong services or don't have the correct MCPs etc....

I've found if you're working on something where it hasn't seen a billion examples you have to give it additional information like an academic paper or similar. And get it to summarize its understanding every once in a while so you can pick up the idea in another chat (once the context gets too long) without having to explain it all again but to also ensure it's not going off the rails ...as they tend to do.

They know a lot about a lot of things but the details get all jumbled up in their stupid robot brains so you have to help them out a bunch.

Re: 6 weeks of Claude Code

#220

Post by deadbabe »

lukaslalinsky wrote: post #57

I have about two weeks of using Claude Code and to be honest, as a vibe coding skeptic, I was amazed. It has a learning curve. You need to learn how to give it proper context, how to chunk up the work, etc. And you need to know how to program, obviously. Asking it to do something you don't know how to do, that's just asking for a disaster. I have more than 25 years of experience, so I'm confident with anything Claude…

After 25 years, do you think this is the climax of your career? Where do you go from here? Just Claude code until the end of your days?
Post reply on HN