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Meanwhile for newer areas of the code with strict typing and a sensible architecture, Claude will usually just one-shot whatever I ask
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In the thread “Eight years of wanting, three months of building with AI”, replying to this comment
Helped: Strict typing and sensible architecture in newer code areas.
Got in the way: Dynamic function calls and mutable DataFrames in legacy code.
… An LLM is going to struggle deciphering this disasterpiece, same as anyone. Meanwhile for newer areas of the code with strict typing and a sensible architecture, Claude will usually just one-shot whatever I ask. edit: I see most replies are saying basically the same thing here, which is an indicator.