It is the first time I felt an AI coding tool is genuinely useful
jwr on Hacker News
In the thread “I've been using Claude Code for a couple of days”
Helped: Followed coding conventions and correctly implemented complex proration logic.
Got in the way: Did not produce working, ready-to-run code immediately.
… I was impressed by how it was able to follow my coding conventions, interface with my Stripe library to (correctly) create and confirm payment intents, and most importantly, by the `calculate-proration-amount` function which was correct in spite of how difficult it was (there are custom plans, plan overrides, extra users, etc). It is the first time I felt an AI coding tool is genuinely useful. I still think you need to set expectations correctly: this doesn't "just do stuff", it is not a human programmer and will not produce flawless ready-to-run code in most cases. …