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NoClaude · 3 Jul 2026

at a certain point I’ve given so much context that I would have been faster writing the code myself

maccard on Hacker News

In the thread “The short leash AI coding method for beating Fable”, replying to this comment

Got in the way: Recreated existing features; required excessive context to function.

… Using Claude and fable, it regularly (poorly) recreates features that exist inside our codebase. Sure, I could give way more initial context but at a certain point I’ve given so much context that I would have been faster writing the code myself, or I could have literally handed it to even a fresh graduate to write.