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YesClaude · 20 Jul 2025

I have been amazed how well it can pick up the existing patterns used in the project and create new code if given reasonable instructions

Daniel_sk on Hacker News

In the thread “Nobody knows how to build with AI yet”, replying to this comment

Helped: Picking up existing patterns and writing great tests for new code.

… I am part of a team working on a complex Kotlin backend. I have been experimenting with Claude recently and I have been amazed how well it can pick up the existing patterns used in the project and create new code if given reasonable instructions. And it writes great tests too (something that would take me a lot of time and kill my motivation). …