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What makes Claude Code so damn good

(minusx.ai)
469 points samuelstros | 1 comments | 23 Aug 25 19:07 UTC | HN request time: 0.224s | source
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LaGrange ◴[23 Aug 25 19:45 UTC] No.44998577[source]▶
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dang ◴[23 Aug 25 19:47 UTC] No.44998586[source]▶
Please don't post unsubstantive comments to Hacker News, and especially not putdowns.

The idea here is: if you have a substantive point, make it thoughtfully. If not, please don't comment until you do.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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dingnuts ◴[23 Aug 25 19:54 UTC] No.44998630[source]▶
I appreciate the vague negative takes on tools like this where it feels like there is so much hype it's impossible to have a different opinion. "It's bad" is perfectly substantiative in my opinion; this person tried it, didn't like it, and doesn't have much more to say because of that, but it's still a useful perspective.

Is this why HN is so dang pro-AI? the negative comments, even small ones, are moderated away? explains a lot TBH

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h4ch1 ◴[23 Aug 25 19:58 UTC] No.44998666[source]▶
I think this comment would be a little better by specifying WHY it's bad instead of just a "it's bad" like it's a Twitter thread.
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LaGrange ◴[23 Aug 25 20:22 UTC] No.44998833[source]▶
The subject is pretty exhausted. The reason I post "it's bad" because, honestly, expending on it just feels like a waste of time and energy. The point is demonstrating that this _isn't_ a consensus, and not much more than that.

Edit: bonus points if this gets me banned.

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1. dang ◴[24 Aug 25 01:37 UTC] No.45000552[source]▶
(We don't ban people for posting like this!)

If it felt like a waste of time and energy to post something substantive, rather than the GP comment (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44998577), then you should have just posted nothing. That comment was obviously neither substantive nor thoughtful. This is hardly a borderline call!

We want substantive, thoughtful comments from people who do have the time and energy to contribute them.

Btw, to avoid a misunderstanding that sometimes shows up: it's fine for comments to be critical; that is, it's possible to be substantive, thoughtful, and critical all at the same time. For example, I skimmed through your account's most recent comments and saw several of that kind, e.g. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44299479 and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42882357. If your GP comment had been like that, it would have been fine; you don't have to like Claude Code (or whatever the $thing is).