Yes
with Claude, I can get the work done in 1 day that would take me 5 days of struggling
BeetleB on Hacker News
get the work done in 1 day that would take me 5 days
In the thread “Uber torches 2026 AI budget on Claude Code in four months”, replying to this comment
Helped: Finding relevant code parts to understand workflow before changing.
Got in the way: Not building personal expertise in the codebase.
… The downside is that I don't build expertise. But the reality is that with Claude, I can get the work done in 1 day that would take me 5 days of struggling, and if everyone is doing it, I can't be left behind. So I take the middle route - I get it done in 2-3 days instead of 1 so I can at least spend some time with the code. …