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MixedClaude · 8 Dec 2025

I've found Claude at least isn't so good at working in large existing projects, but great at greenfielding

silisili on Hacker News

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Helped: Writing specific functions and tests for them.

Got in the way: Working in large existing projects.

… Definitely. I've found Claude at least isn't so good at working in large existing projects, but great at greenfielding. Most of my use these days is having it write specific functions and tests for them, which in fairness, saves me a ton of time.