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YesClaude · 16 Sep 2026

Just recently while doing performance optimization work, I found Opus using the `perf` command in ways I didn’t know possible

kccqzy on Hacker News

In the thread “Small programming tricks”

Helped: Manually approving commands to observe AI's problem-solving methods.

… Instead of allowing AI to work autonomously, go back to the old days where you manually approve every command the AI runs. Just recently while doing performance optimization work, I found Opus using the `perf` command in ways I didn’t know possible. Just give AI a real task and carefully read what commands are used by the AI to solve the problem; most likely the AI uses a trick or two that you didn’t know existed.