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Re: Claude Code Checkpoints

#91

Post by lucasmullens »

punnerud wrote: post #12

Hi, the developer here. Its a very early version so there could be a lot of bugs, but I like to use it myself (already found several bugs and updated version soon on its way). Switching from Cursor to Claude Code this was the biggest loss. Have tried to improve on the Cursor functionality, with features I missed. I would love any feedback on what you are missing etc

Hey, so it's a bit obvious you vibe coded this, which makes me not want to trust it. Some red flags:

- The Apple icon is a literal apple and not the Apple logo.

- You've got 2 Mac download buttons that do the same thing right at the top, surely one of those is a mistake.

- "Watch it in action" is positioned poorly and fails to be a header for the video. Too close to the button above it.

- "Automatic version control" is not what a checkpoint is? "Version control" means git to almost everyone.

- Privacy link is a fake placeholder.

- "See It In Action" looks like you meant to add images and just forgot?

- You named this like 5 things. The website title is "Checkpoints for Claude Code", the domain is "Claude Checkpoints", the UI website title is just "Checkpoints" as if its a standalone brand, the contact email link uses "checkpoints-app.com", and finally you call it "Claude Diff" in the App Store description. Oh and the HN submission is a 6th one, "Claude Code Checkpoints".

Cool project though, sorry to be so critical.

Re: Claude Code Checkpoints

#92

Post by roegerle »

krferriter wrote: post #74
bwat49 wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

if only gemini cli could edit files without getting stuck in an infinite loop

A few weeks ago I asked gemini cli to do something pretty simple and it ran for like 12 minutes and then failed with an exception. Haven't tried it again since.

I asked it go modify a maven pom.xml to support grpc. forgot about it and blew through my usage.

Re: Claude Code Checkpoints

#93

Post by swader999 »

hashbig wrote: post #78

Am I the only one who is getting tired of all these LLM generated landing pages with their hallmark indigo backgrounds/gradients, unnecessary and tasteless transitions, and meaningless marketing sell points?

Yes, I had to do a double take to realize this wasn't from anthropic.

Re: Claude Code Checkpoints

#94

Post by slavakurilyak »

This looks well-built, but have you considered using Jujutsu (jj) instead? It elegantly solves the snapshot/checkpoint problem without needing MCP servers or a separate app.

With jj, every file change is automatically captured (no manual commits needed), and you can create lightweight "sandbox" revisions for each Claude Code task. When things go wrong, `jj undo` instantly reverts to any previous state. The operation log tracks everything, making it virtually impossible to lose work.

The workflow becomes: let Claude Code generate messy experimental code → use `jj squash`/`jj split` to shape clean commits afterward. You get automatic checkpointing plus powerful history manipulation in one tool.

I've been using jj with Claude Code for months and it's transformed how I work with coding agents - no fear of breaking things because everything is instantly reversible. The MCP integration seems like added complexity when jj's native capabilities already handle the core problem.

For anyone interested in the jj + agent workflow, read my post: https://slavakurilyak.com/posts/use-jujutsu-not-git

That said, respect for shipping something that solves a real pain point! The UI looks clean and the diff viewer is nice.

Re: Claude Code Checkpoints

#95

Post by hashbig »

FergusArgyll wrote: post #90
hashbig wrote: post #78

Am I the only one who is getting tired of all these LLM generated landing pages with their hallmark indigo backgrounds/gradients, unnecessary and tasteless transitions, and meaningless marketing sell points?

It might be boring but it's easily understandable - I know where to click, where to look etc. It's kind of a minimalism; it's not pleasing (to me) but it works

I'd argue it's actually the exact opposite of minimalism. Just an abundance of colours, emojis, and marketing jargon. It shows a lack of taste.

Re: Claude Code Checkpoints

#96

Post by jdthedisciple »

mhast wrote: post #8
radarsat1 wrote: post #2

I don't know what this is but isn't git enough? Incidentally I'm not convinced in my day-to-day for "jujitsu" (jj) but from what I understand about how it works, I've been wanting to give it a try for agent-based coding, based on the way it defaults to saving everything and letting you sort it out after. I do like how Aider commits everything so you can easily roll back, although it ends up with a few too many commit…

Git won't catch new files the agent is adding. To get around that you can of course always add all new files, but then you'll potentially have your repo polluted with a bunch of temporary scratch files instead. You can typically go back and edit git history. But it will require force push and breaking changes. And a few sacrifices to ensure that it doesn't make a mistake because then your repo is potentially broken.…

uhh... .gitignore solves that right?

Re: Claude Code Checkpoints

#97

Post by dang »

hashbig wrote: post #78

Am I the only one who is getting tired of all these LLM generated landing pages with their hallmark indigo backgrounds/gradients, unnecessary and tasteless transitions, and meaningless marketing sell points?

Of course you're not the only one, but:

"Please don't complain about tangential annoyances—e.g. article or website formats, name collisions, or back-button breakage. They're too common to be interesting."

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Re: Claude Code Checkpoints

#98

Post by just_human »

hashbig wrote: post #78

Am I the only one who is getting tired of all these LLM generated landing pages with their hallmark indigo backgrounds/gradients, unnecessary and tasteless transitions, and meaningless marketing sell points?

I thought the same thing when I saw this! Great tool but clearly generated by LLM (Claude code?). It’s interesting that it’s so obvious. I wonder if human taste will evolve to dislike styles that are LLM generated.

Re: Claude Code Checkpoints

#99

Post by atleastoptimal »

Coding with LLM’s has taught me that there is value to treating AI produced code as a slot machine, that sometimes produces brilliant work and sometimes causes huge bugs. The best way to use LLM’s is to structure the project to maximize the benefit from the rare brilliances and minimize the risk and hazard of those bugs. Version control has to be treated somewhat like a bonsai, a cycle of growth and pruning with an ultimate framework in mind.

Re: Claude Code Checkpoints

#100

Post by ramoz »

tommyderami wrote: post #58

Under the hood, is this simply checkpointing the files in the claude target folder or are you also checkpointing the claude context? One of my biggest pain points is after a few compactions/edits to claude.md and all of a sudden Claude has made a few mistakes and all the context window cruft of fixes it attempted and reverted actually seem to confuse it further and it would be nice to reset to a known happy place cod…

if you can manage the code part on your own, can you hit esc twice and revert to a previous context state using native capability in claude code.
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