[piker]

> Try building something new in claude code (or codex etc) using a programming language you have not used before. Your opinion might change drastically.

Try changing something old in claude code (or codex etc) using a programming language you have used before. Your opinion might change drastically.

[Wowfunhappy]

I have! Claude is great at taking a large open source project and adding some idiosyncratic feature I need.

[UrineSqueegee]

this is literally how i maintain the code at my current position, if i didn't have copilot+ i would be cooked

[aurareturn]

Same here. Coworker left. I now maintain a bunch of Go code and I had never written any before.

I use copilot in agent mode.

[Gerardo1]

...what were you doing before?

That's bread and butter development work.

[UrineSqueegee]

didnt have to maintain any code before thankfully