Taggart 
As a research project, I built a needed tool with Claude Code. I thought it would be a disaster, but it wasn't. I have some complicated feelings about it.
Stephen Bannasch (316 ppm)Wow, thanks for taking the time to write out your experience so completely. I think I’d have a similar complex reaction.
Recently developed a large multi threaded python program implementing a complex PID controlled system with lots of realtime IO from sensors and encoders and to actuators along with weak test coverage. Kids interacted with it at a science museum.
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Late in the project I was encouraged to try using Claude for some refactoring and investigating/fixing some bugs related to new features.
The code changes made some sense … but didn’t fit well with the existing complexity.
I had a relatively extreme cognitive allergic response which surprised me. The whole system was in my head and it felt like I was losing control. Backed out most of the code.
In hindsight this was NOT a good way to start using AI.
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