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Re:Show HN: I've asked Claude to improve codebase quality 20... by plufz on Thursday December 11, 2025 @02:30PM (#46236034)
I agree, so obviously I direct it with more info and point it to code that I believe needs more of specific principles. But generally I would like Claude to produce more DRY code, it is great at reimplementing the same thing in five places instead of making a shared utility module.
Re:Show HN: I've asked Claude to improve codebase quality 20... by airstrike on Thursday December 11, 2025 @03:07PM (#46236446)
I see, and I definitely agree with that last statement. It tends to rewrite stuff. I feel like it should pay me back 10,000 tokens each time it increases the API surface