Fake building: Claude wrote 3k lines instead of import pywikibot

Re:Fake building: Claude wrote 3k lines instead of import py... by wrs on Monday May 11, 2026 @10:56PM (#48103669)

Hmm, I don’t see this much anymore. I typically start a project in plan mode and tell Claude to do some research to bring me 2-3 alternatives. Then we talk about the pros and cons before deciding on the libraries, etc.

On the other hand, if you just tell it to do a thing, I could believe that it would just do the thing. It is pretty bad at high level design judgment. Human guidance on architecture choices results in much better output.

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Re:Fake building: Claude wrote 3k lines instead of import py... by firef1y1203 on Monday May 11, 2026 @11:03PM (#48103707)

thx! Now I tried to add a hook to force Claude to search for existing solutions both within and outside the codebase every time I demand a new feature

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