Mixed
For simple problems (which most are) it works well enough and you are definitely shipping code faster - and with actual test coverage to boot
ryandvm on Hacker News
90% of the code
In the thread “What's gonna happen to software engineers?”
Helped: Shipping code faster with actual test coverage.
Got in the way: Lack of pride, boredom, and heavy refactoring of plans.
I've definitely noticed a distinct lack of pride now that Claude Code is writing 90% of the code I'm delivering these days. For simple problems (which most are) it works well enough and you are definitely shipping code faster - and with actual test coverage to boot. But it just doesn't feel the same - there's little craftsmanship and honestly it's boring as fuck. …