as a programmer I feel like this would be pretty cool. but this isn’t really how it is at all. I’m usually asking Claude code to do something very specific and then I’m throwing whatever it does away because it’s not correct. if I could have a little baby that I had to babysit I think that would be better
I was “there” with Claude as you describe about 3 months ago. Since then, Claude has stepped up to being able to create fully functional microservices. It helps if you completely specify what you want, it helps if you don’t specify funky libraries or other tech that has poor support on the internet, it helps if your total ask amounts to 1000 lines of code or less - but I have gotten up around 3000 lines before Sonnet 4 choked a few times.
Before this, my AI queries were mostly limited to specific API function call syntax, and they would only be right about 2/3 of the time, which beats randomly trying things myself until I eventually guess the right variation… Yes, it’s better to consult the documentation - when it’s available - it’s not always available.
as a programmer I feel like this would be pretty cool. but this isn’t really how it is at all. I’m usually asking Claude code to do something very specific and then I’m throwing whatever it does away because it’s not correct. if I could have a little baby that I had to babysit I think that would be better
I was “there” with Claude as you describe about 3 months ago. Since then, Claude has stepped up to being able to create fully functional microservices. It helps if you completely specify what you want, it helps if you don’t specify funky libraries or other tech that has poor support on the internet, it helps if your total ask amounts to 1000 lines of code or less - but I have gotten up around 3000 lines before Sonnet 4 choked a few times.
Before this, my AI queries were mostly limited to specific API function call syntax, and they would only be right about 2/3 of the time, which beats randomly trying things myself until I eventually guess the right variation… Yes, it’s better to consult the documentation - when it’s available - it’s not always available.
Conversely, I’d imagine there are babysitters out there who at times wish they could just throw the baby away.
I’ve thrown the baby away many times
Eyoooo