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YesClaude · 18 Mar 2026

I had it write code when it was rote / boilerplate work to save time

peacebeard on Hacker News

In the thread “Ask HN: Is vibe coding a new mandatory job requirement?”, replying to this comment

Helped: Boilerplate code, unit tests, and digging through git history for debugging.

… I went through my Claude history and pulled out some of the most recent ones (anonymized a bit). I had it write code when it was rote / boilerplate work to save time, and other than that I used it more to discuss the code rather than write it for me. In between these, I was writing code myself. …