Claude Code now supports hooks

Yup, slowing down the AI is a really hard thing to do. I've mostly accomplished it, but I use extensive auto prompting and a large memory bank. All of it is designed explicitly to slow down the AI. I've taught it how to do what I call "Baby Steps", which is defined as: "The smallest possible change that still effectively moves the technology forward." Some of my prompting is explicit about human review and approval of every change including manual testing of the application in question BEFORE the model moves on to the next step.

The key phrase is "Do not overengineer."

I say stuff like:

This code must be minimal.

Meet only the stated requirements.

Do not overengineer.

Create a numbered index of requirements.

Verify after you write the code that all requirements are met and no more.