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Re:Claude Code is unusable for complex engineering tasks wit... by svnt on Monday April 06, 2026 @11:42PM (#47670493)
I’m going in circles. Let me take a step back and try something completely different. The answer is a clean refactor.

Wait, the simplest fix is the same hack I tried 45 minutes ago but in a different context. Let me just try that.

Wait,

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Re:Claude Code is unusable for complex engineering tasks wit... by dinobones on Tuesday April 07, 2026 @02:18AM (#47671341)
Wait, the linter re-ordered the file. Let me restore it to the previous state.

whisper: There is no linter.

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Re:Claude Code is unusable for complex engineering tasks wit... by jen729w on Tuesday April 07, 2026 @02:35AM (#47671466)
Those test failures are pre-existing. We're all done!
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Re:Claude Code is unusable for complex engineering tasks wit... by xnorswap on Tuesday April 07, 2026 @04:40AM (#47672310)
Wait, I should check if they pre-exist on master.

    < 1,000 prompts for compound cd && git commands that can't be safely auto-accepted >
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