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Claude Code is having the hardest time making sense of it and not breaking everything every step of the way
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In the thread “A sufficiently detailed spec is code”, replying to this comment
Got in the way: Simplifying complex logic and ignoring domain knowledge.
… The rewrite took many months, the code uses graph algorithms and contains a huge amount of both domain knowledge and specific product knowledge. Claude Code is having the hardest time making sense of it and not breaking everything every step of the way. It always wants to simplify, handwave, "if we just" and "let's just skip if null", it has zero respect for the amount of knowledge and nuance in the product. …