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NoCursor, Claude · 27 Aug 2026

First, it takes me ages to describe the task properly

rich_sasha on Hacker News

one time in 5, it produces something that kinda works

In the thread “Six months of writing code exclusively with agents”

Got in the way: Writing unambiguous prose specs instead of code; output often ignores spec or diverges.

… I’ll give it to Claude to do. First, it takes me ages to describe the task properly. All these clear success criteria, well, instead of writing code from a clear spec in my head, I’m writing tons of prose, and trying to make it unambiguous. …