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NoClaude · 4 Aug 2026

An engineer fed the request into Claude and generated a stack of 3 PRs totaling 1,200 lines with new endpoints and UI components

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1,200 lines

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Got in the way: Generated 1,200 lines of code when a tooltip was needed.

… For example, a customer recently asked for more information on a data table in our product. An engineer fed the request into Claude and generated a stack of 3 PRs totaling 1,200 lines with new endpoints and UI components. All the table needed was a tooltip. …