Coding with LLMs in the summer of 2025 – an update

Can anyone recommend a workflow / tools that accomplishes a slightly more augmented version of antirez’ workflow & suggestions minus the copy-pasting?

I am on board to agree that pure LLM + pure original full code as context is the best path at the moment, but I’d love to be able to use some shortcuts like quickly applying changes, checkpoints, etc.

My persistent (and not unfounded?) worry is that all the major tools & plugins (Cursor, Cline/Roo) all play games with their own sub-prompts and context “efficiency”.

What’s the purest solution?

Claude Code has worked well for me. It is easy to point it to the relevant parts of the codebase and see what it decides to read itself so you provide missing piece of code when necessary.