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What makes Claude Code so damn good

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469 points samuelstros | 3 comments | 23 Aug 25 19:07 UTC | HN request time: 0.21s | source
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brokegrammer ◴[24 Aug 25 05:36 UTC] No.45001678[source]▶
I don't get it. The title says "What makes Claude Code so damn good", which implies that they will show how Claude Code is better than other tools, or just better in general. But they go about repeating the Claude Code documentation using different wording.

Am I missing something here? Or is this just Anthropic shilling?

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nuwandavek ◴[24 Aug 25 05:47 UTC] No.45001719[source]▶
(blogpost author here) Haha, that's totally fair. I've read a whole bunch of posts comparing CC to other tools, or with a dump of the the architecture. This post was mainly for people who've used CC extensively, know for a fact that it is better and wonder how to ship such an experience in their own apps.
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brokegrammer ◴[24 Aug 25 06:08 UTC] No.45001798[source]▶
I've used Claude Code, Cursor, and Copilot is Vscode and I don't "know" that Claude Code is better apart from the fact that it runs in the terminal, which makes it a little faster but less ergonomic than tools running inside the editor. All of the context tricks can be done with Copilot instructions as well, so I simply can't see how Claude Code is superior.
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1. brookst ◴[24 Aug 25 13:50 UTC] No.45004241[source]▶
I’ve been so into Claude code that I haven’t used cursor or copilot in vs code in a while.

Do they also allow you to view the thinking process and planning, and hit ESC to correct if it’s going down a wrong path? I’ve found that to be one of my favorite features of Claude code. If it says “ah, the the implementation isn’t complete, I’ll update test to use mocks” I can interrupt it and say no, it’s fine for the test to fail until the implementation is finished, so not mock anything. Etc.

It may be that I just discovered this after switching, but I don’t recall that being an interaction pattern on cursor or copilot. I was always having to revert after the fact (which might have been me not seeing the option).

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2. WithinReason ◴[24 Aug 25 16:15 UTC] No.45005404[source]▶
you can in VScode for about a month now
3. wrs ◴[24 Aug 25 16:16 UTC] No.45005414[source]▶
Cursor does show the “thinking” in smaller greyer text, then hides it behind a small grey “thought for 30 seconds” note. If it’s off track, you just hit the stop button and correct the agent, or scroll up and restart from an earlier interaction (same thing as double-ESC in Claude Code).