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MixedClaude Code · 3 Aug 2025

Whenever I try to use it to generate code from nothing I end up losing more time than winning

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Helped: Repeating detailed edits across many files in a legacy monorepo.

Got in the way: Generating code from scratch resulted in losing more time than saved.

… Which is super handy, like once every 2 days, when I have to work in a legacy monorepo. Whenever I try to use it to generate code from nothing I end up losing more time than winning.