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A staff engineer's journey with Claude Code

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548 points kmelve | 2 comments | 02 Sep 25 19:34 UTC | HN request time: 0.657s | source
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meerab ◴[02 Sep 25 22:46 UTC] No.45110094[source]▶
I have barely written any code since my switch to Claude Code! It's the best thing since sliced bread!

Here's what works for me:

- Detailed claude.md containing overall information about the project.

- Anytime Claude chooses a different route that's not my preferred route - ask my preference to be saved in global memory.

- Detailed planning documentation for each feature - Describe high-level functionality.

- As I develop the feature, add documentation with database schema, sample records, sample JSON responses, API endpoints used, test scripts.

- MCP, MCP, MCP! Playwright is a game changer

The more context you give upfront, the less back-and-forth you need. It's been absolutely transformative for my productivity.

Thank you Claude Code team!

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1. ethanwillis ◴[02 Sep 25 23:07 UTC] No.45110283[source]▶
Personally, I give Claude a fully specified program as my prompt so that it gives me back a working program 100% of the time.

Really simple workflow!

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2. Zee2 ◴[03 Sep 25 02:54 UTC] No.45111818[source]▶
Ah, I’ve tried that one, but I must be doing something wrong. I give it a fully specified working program, and often times it gives me back one that only works 50% of the time!