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NoClaude Code · 17 Apr 2026

I feel master of my codebase and my business domain again and most clearly have a tremendously better mental model about how things work and should work

jwpapi on Hacker News

12 hours approx

In the thread “I Hate AI”, replying to this comment

Helped: Manual coding, tight linting rules, and fast testing loops for learning.

Got in the way: Heavy reliance on Claude Code caused distrust and disconnection from the codebase.

… I just used Claude Code everyday 12 hours approx. Now I’m back in the idea and I sleep much better, I feel master of my codebase and my business domain again and most clearly have a tremendously better mental model about how things work and should work. I utilize auto complete and auto next edit and I chat with AI in a browser window. …