Mixed
I often find that Claude introduces a level of complexity that is not necessary in my cases
jbs789 on Hacker News
In the thread “A staff engineer's journey with Claude Code”
Helped: Prompting for the simplest or most efficient solution.
Got in the way: Introducing unnecessary complexity and over-engineering.
I often find that Claude introduces a level of complexity that is not necessary in my cases. I suspect this is a function of the training data (large repos or novel solutions). …