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999900000999 ◴[] No.43242281[source]
I've probably spent about 25$ on Claude code so far.

I'm tempted to pay someone in Poland or whatever another 500$ to just finish the project. Claude code is like a temp that has a code quota to reach. After they reach it, they're done. You've reached the context limit.

A lot of stuff is just weird. For example I'm basically building a website with Supabase. Claude does not understand the concept of shared style sheets, instead it will just re-implement the same style sheets over and over again on like every single page and subcomponent.

Multiple incorrect implementations of relatively basic concepts. Over engineering all over the place.

A part of this might be on Supabase though. I really want to create a FOSS project, so firebase, while probably being a better fit, is out.

Not wanting to burn out, I took a break after a 4 hour Claude session. It's like reviewing code for a living.

However, I'm optimistic soon a competitor will emerge with better pricing. I would absolutely love to run three coding agents at once, maybe it even a fourth that can run integration tests against the first three.

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1. simonw ◴[] No.43242620[source]
"Not wanting to burn out, I took a break after a 4 hour Claude session. It's like reviewing code for a living."

That's a great encapsulation of what sometimes feel like after a (highly productive) session with these tools. I get a lot done with them but wow it's exhausting!

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2. 999900000999 ◴[] No.43243206[source]
What's really disappointing is that Claude code doesn't really appear to "learn".

Maybe a local SQL lite DB for notes would be ideal. Add a one sentence summary of what you did for each change, and then read it back before writing more code.

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3. simonw ◴[] No.43243371[source]
I've talked to people who get Claude Code to constantly update a TODOs.md with notes on what it's going to do next and what it's just done.