On: How Anthropic teams use Claude Code

[AstroBen]

Is working this way actually faster, or any improvement than just writing the code yourself?

[forgotmypw17 → AstroBen]

Much, much faster, and I’d say the code is more formal, and I’ve never had such a complete test suite.

The downside is I don’t have as much of a grasp on what’s actually happening in my project, while with hand-written projects I’d know every detail.

[AstroBen → forgotmypw17]

How do you know the test suite is comprehensive if you don't have a grasp on what's happening?

Not a gotcha I'm just extremely skeptical that AI is at a point to have the level of responsibility you're describing and have it turn into good code long term

[danielbln → AstroBen]

I do TDD. Plan out the feature, then have it write test. Scan the tests, check if everything is kosher. Then let it do the implementation, rinse and repeat.

[nojito → danielbln]

How do you stop it from changing or modifying the test to get to pass?

[forgotmypw17 → nojito]

“Do not change the test to get it to pass.”