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YesClaude · 25 Jul 2026

A simple pushback reduced a O(n) to a O(1) solution - and that was my value added

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In the thread “Claude Opus 5”, replying to this comment

Helped: Identifying edge cases where model suggested suboptimal but workable approaches.

Got in the way: Model suggested approach causing undue stress on infrastructure.

… People would add infra. A simple pushback reduced a O(n) to a O(1) solution - and that was my value added. I bump into those things regularly. …