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NoClaude · 7 Oct 2026

So basically there was no benefit at all for my time, an extra cost to the company of $25, and now I understand our codebase a little bit less instead of more if I had done all the work

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Got in the way: Complex refactor resulted in minimal change and less understanding.

… Probably in the same amount of time. So basically there was no benefit at all for my time, an extra cost to the company of $25, and now I understand our codebase a little bit less instead of more if I had done all the work. As good as Claude is at building greenfield projects it still struggles a lot at complex ones