Re:First attempt will be 95% garbage: 6 weeks with Claude Code
by searene on Wednesday September 03, 2025 @01:01AM
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Me too. I’ve been playing with various coding agents such as Cursor, Claude Code, and GitHub Copilot for some time, and I would say that their most useful feature is educating me. For example, they can teach me a library I haven’t used before, or help me debug a production issue. Then I would choose to write the code by myself after I’ve figured everything out with their help. Writing code by myself is definitely faster in most cases.
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Re:First attempt will be 95% garbage: 6 weeks with Claude Code
by bootsmann on Wednesday September 03, 2025 @07:47AM
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> For example, they can teach me a library I haven’t used before.
How do you verify it is teaching you the correct thing if you don't have any baseline to compare it to?
Re:First attempt will be 95% garbage: 6 weeks with Claude Code
by searene on Wednesday September 03, 2025 @10:01PM
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You are right, I don't have any baseline. I just try it and see if it works. One good thing about the software field is that I can compile and run the code for verification. It may not be optimal, but at least it's testable.