> For personal tools, I’ve completely shifted my approach. *I don’t even look at the code anymore - I describe what I want to Claude Code, test the result, make

> For personal tools, I’ve completely shifted my approach. *I don’t even look at the code anymore - I describe what I want to Claude Code, test the result, make some minor tweaks with the AI and if it’s not good enough, I start over with a slightly different initial prompt. The iteration cycle is so fast that it’s often quicker to start over than trying to debug or modify the generated code myself.* This has unlocked a level of creative freedom where I can build small utilities and experiments without the usual friction of implementation details. Want a quick script to reorganize some photos? Done. Need a little web scraper for some project? Easy. The mental overhead of “is this worth building?” has basically disappeared for small tools. I do wish Claude Code had a mode where it could work more autonomously - right now it still requires more hands-on attention than I’d like - but even with that limitation, the productivity gains are wild. So I suppose the chasm is that actually doing programming is dead, or quickly dying, and if that's the thing you actually enjoyed doing, then tough luck. This era sucks. The suits have finally won. (emphasis mine)