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0 pointsgenghisjahn2mo ago0 comments

I’m in the “write new stuff with cc and get great code.” Of course I’ll be told I don’t really know what I’m doing. That I just don’t know the difference between good and bad quality code. Sigh.

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zarzavat2mo ago

The best code is no code.[0]

The main "issue" I have with Claude is that it is not good at noticing when code can be simplified with an abstraction. It will keep piling on lines until the file is 3000 lines long. You have to intervene and suggest abstractions and refactorings. I'm not saying that this is a bad thing. I don't want Claude refactoring my code (GPT-5 does this and it's very annoying). Claude is a junior developer that thinks it's a junior. GPT-5 is a junior developer that thinks it's a senior.

[0]: https://www.folklore.org/Negative_2000_Lines_Of_Code.html

kevinlu12482mo ago

Definitely agree here, have had so many cases where I would like ask Claude for XYZ, then ask for XYZ again but with a small change. Instead of abstracting out the common code it would just duplicate the code with the small change.

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zarzavat2mo ago

The best code is no code.[0]

[0]: https://www.folklore.org/Negative_2000_Lines_Of_Code.html

kevinlu12482mo ago

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