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Re: Learn Claude Code by doing, not reading

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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.

I don't understand the purpose of a tutorial for a natural language ai system.

That's like saying there's no point in attending a lecture on "how to get the best out of your time at University" because University courses are taught in spoken language so you could just ask the professors.

Re: Learn Claude Code by doing, not reading

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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?

Why do I need to tell the machine to compact its context? This feels like homework and/or ceremony.

Because the machine is a tool and tools use proper and improper usage.

Re: Learn Claude Code by doing, not reading

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Did anyone not get beginner? I got it as well.

I responded with a mix of mostly B and C answers and got “advanced.” Yet, as pointed out by another commenter, selecting all D answers (which would make you an expert!) gets you called a beginner. I can only assume the quiz itself was vibe-coded and not tested. What an incredible time we live in.

Or that it's taking into account the Dunning-Kruger effect. In that, if you think you are an expert in all cases, you are really a beginner in everything.

Re: Learn Claude Code by doing, not reading

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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.

Tool de jour, similar to web framework of the month etc. Gemini and ChatGPT are just as useful

Re: Learn Claude Code by doing, not reading

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what they changed was peak vs off-peak usage metering. using it on the weekend gets you more use than during weekdays 9-5 in US eastern time.

I'm surprised it's during east coast working hours and not west coast.

the speculation i read was that it's trading hours, and they're getting a lot of load from the finance industry

Re: Learn Claude Code by doing, not reading

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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?

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Re: Learn Claude Code by doing, not reading

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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.

Relevant post: https://modal.com/blog/dollars-per-token-considered-harmful

(disclaimer: I work with the author)

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