Re:It's still OK to enjoy programming
by adwn on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @01:56PM
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No, not "hand holding". If you insist on anthropomorphizing the AI, "guiding it on a high level" would be more fitting. In a team of 1 architect and 5 software developers, Opus 5.5 + Claude Code replaces the 5 developers, not the architect. You don't have to "hold its hand" anymore than you have to hold the hand of a competent software developer — though you will have to figure out a workflow that suits you personally, including configuring Claude Code to follow that workflow (through skills, for example) so you can work ergonomically with it.
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I have never worked on a team with one thinker and 5 minions, so, again, more evidence I work in a different part of the industry than wherever your line of thought originates.
> one thinker and 5 minions
Your error lies in thinking Opus 5.5 is equivalent to a "minion". The "5 software developers" in my example were meant to stand in for "reasonably competent, above-average developers", and not that the architect is the only one on the team who can "think".
Of course, it may well be the case that you are working in an elite sector of the industry where even the bottom rungs are filled by the top 20% of software developers. Possible, but unlikely, so I'm still leaning towards "you're holding it wrong".