Re:How Much Are LLMs Boosting Real-World Programmer Producti...
by drodgers on Saturday March 08, 2025 @08:52PM
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I've found claude-code good in a multi-million line project because it can navigate the filesystem like a human would.
You have to give it the right context and direction — like you would to a new junior dev — but then it can be very good. Eg.
> Implement a new API in `example/apis/new_api.rs` to do XYZ which interfaces with the system at `foo/bar/baz.proto` and use the similar APIs in `example/apis/*` as reference. Once you're done, build it by running `build new_api` and fix any type errors.
Without that context (eg. the example APIs) it would flail, but so would most human engineers.
You have to give it the right context and direction — like you would to a new junior dev — but then it can be very good. Eg.
> Implement a new API in `example/apis/new_api.rs` to do XYZ which interfaces with the system at `foo/bar/baz.proto` and use the similar APIs in `example/apis/*` as reference. Once you're done, build it by running `build new_api` and fix any type errors.
Without that context (eg. the example APIs) it would flail, but so would most human engineers.