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MixedClaude Code · 12 Mar 2026

sometimes it speeds me up, sometimes I end up taking bad concepts a lot further than I normally would before getting to the better path

smilindave26 on Hacker News

In the thread “Against vibes: When is a generative model useful”

Helped: Immersing in problem space and generating software to explore abstractions.

Got in the way: Taking bad concepts further than usual before finding the better path.

… Sometimes, starting with Claude Code, I can get there, but my mindset is that I'm using this tool to generate software that helps me immerse myself in the problem space. It's a different pace to the process - sometimes it speeds me up, sometimes I end up taking bad concepts a lot further than I normally would before getting to the better path