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by deeshee 331 days ago
It's great to see even the most hardcore developers who are not fond of change being happy with the latest releases related to AI-assisted development.

My workflow now boils down to 2 tools really - leap.new to go from 0 to 1 because it also generates the backend code w/ infra + deployment and then I pick it up in Zed/Claude Code and continue working on it.
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ardit33 331 days ago
1.So far, it is great if you know what you want, and tell it exactly how you want it, and AI can help you on that (basically intern level work).

2. When you are in a new area, but you don't want to dive deep and just want something quick and it is not core of the app/service.

But, if you are experienced, you can see how AI can mess things up pretty quickly, hence for me it has been best used to 'fill in clear and well defined functionality' at peacemeal. Basically it is best for small bites, then large chunks.

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deeshee 331 days ago
I agree. But it's also a mindset game. Experienced devs often approach AI with preconceptions that limit its utility - pride in "craftsmanship, control issues, and perfectionism can prevent seeing where AI truly shines. I've found letting go of those instincts and treating AI as a thought partner rather than just a code generator be super useful. The psychological aspects of how we interact with these tools might be as important as the technical ones.

Bunch of comments online also reflect how there's a lot of "butthurt" developers shutting things down with a closed mind - focusing only on the negatives, and not letting the positives go through.

I sound a bit philosophical but I hope I'm getting my point across.

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financltravsty 331 days ago
What's your track record. What is your current scope of work for Claude Code?

This conversation is useless without knowing the author's skillset and use-case.

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RamblingCTO 331 days ago
> pride in "craftsmanship, control issues, and perfectionism

sounds like you can't code for shit. guidelines, standards, and formatting have developed for a reason. the reason is: less bugs and maintainability. you sound like the average cocky junior to me.

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Quarrelsome 331 days ago
> pride in "craftsmanship, control issues, and perfectionism

I mean, do we really want our code base to not follow a coding standard? Or are network code not to consider failure or transactional issues? I feel like all of these traits are hallmarks of good senior engineers. Really good ones learn to let go a little but no senior is going to watch a dev automated or otherwise, circumvent six layers of architecture by blasting in a static accessor or smth.

Craftsmanship, control issues and perfectionism, tend to exist for readability, to limit entropy and scope, so one can be more certain of the consequences of a chunk of code. So to consider them a problem is a weird take to me.

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2sk21 331 days ago
I'm curious: Do you scrutinize every line of code that's generated?
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cmrdporcupine 331 days ago
At first I dd not. Now I have learned I have to.

You have to watch Claude Code like a hawk. Because it's inconsistent. It will cheat, give up, change directions, and not make it clear to you that is what it's doing.

So, while it's not "junior" in capabilities, it is definitely "junior" in terms of your need as a "senior" to thoroughly review everything it does.

Or you'll regret it later.

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