Claude Code: My Most Trusted Coworker and My Worst Enemy

Claude Code is my most trusted work companion. It helps me when I need it, saves me time, and improves the way I write code. But it's also my worst enemy.

I've been using LLMs daily since the end of 2022. Over time, I've learned to use them and they've become an indispensable tool for my work. My approach has always been more or less the same, following a single principle: an LLM is a tool that enhances my capabilities.

Initially, I had a very arrogant attitude toward LLMs. Given my limited experience but especially the level of LLMs from that period (GPT-3.5 first and then GPT-4), I encountered responses that were ineffective or sometimes completely inadequate. Hence my arrogant reaction. Better to write the code myself!

However, I could see their enormous potential, especially as a gateway to knowledge and invaluable study aid. But I'll talk about that in another article.

I was saying the beginning wasn't easy with code. Not so much because of my ability to write prompts, since I never had particular problems in that regard, but because of the quality of code generated by models of that period.

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