Thankfully as a software engineer, Claude Code is helping me catch up on a lot of my unfinished projects, especially ones with tedious amounts of integration.

[–] Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm sorry for your loss

[–] cypherix93@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I don't understand the sentiment here. Is it wrong to use a code automation tool to build out side projects that I've been sitting on for years? All the unfinished plans and half baked projects that provide no value?

Whereas now I can flesh out my ideas and build what I truly envision at a rapid pace without making it another full time job?

[–] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

People just hate AI on lemmy

Nice though! I've been using AI to help learn code, from literally explain this thing to me and trace its path and sometimes just "go nuts here's a big thing" and watch it implode and then I can try to figure out why/how its broken. It's been fun, and I know I'm absolutely abysmal at starting projects from scratch, but if I have something to work off of/with I have a much better time.

[–] cypherix93@lemmy.world 3 points 23 hours ago

Yeah that was literally my blocker the entire time. I'd start a project bc the idea feels good, but quickly get bogged down by implementation details and lose interest bc it'd be such a monumental lift to bring the project to completion. Been in the field and dealt with ADHD long enough to understand side projects that take months of consistent work don't ever come to fruition.

Now my flow is to come up with concrete ideas -> flesh it out with AI -> button down details -> execute

I'm loving the idea -> execution speed particularly. And my side projects are getting the love they deserved.

[–] PoliteDudeInTheMood@lemmy.ca 2 points 20 hours ago

Ditto, so many projects never made it off the ground because my brain overcomplicates everything I do. Now I can plan the project instead, plan out how I want everything, and then sit back and let Codex do its thing. I liked ClaudeCode, but man... the usage limits were killing me.