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How are people using Claude to use this much API? I use it to write the occasional bit and the free one seems enough - I've only once been told to come back tom

How are people using Claude to use this much API? I use it to write the occasional bit and the free one seems enough - I've only once been told to come back tomorrow.

serf 1y ago
write any project with a lot of math and memory shuffling and the structure will generally start eating lots of tokens. write any project that has a lot of interactive 'dialogues', or exacting and detailed comments, eats a lot of tokens. My record for tapping out the Claude Max API quickly was sprint-coding a poker solver and accompanying web front end w/ Opus. The backend had a lot of gpgpu stuff going on , and the front end was extremely verbose w/ a wordy ui/ux.
- chadcmulligan 1y ago
  So you write the whole thing using Claude? Any walkthroughs/YouTube things to show how to do this? Not sure I want to, but I'm curious
stpedgwdgfhgdd 1y ago
Pro was not sufficient when i started to: Use git worktrees, type every command in plain english in CC. For example “commit and push”
- mcintyre1994 1y ago
  How good is it at writing commit messages out of interest?
  - input_sh 1y ago
    Not great by default, it just lists the files that were added or modified and "signs" itself at the bottom. I see no value in its commit messages compared to just scrolling down and seeing the actual diff. You can make it somewhat better by adding instructions in CLAUDE.md, but I did notice those instructions getting ignored from time to time unless you "remind it". See for yourself: https://github.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=%F0%9F%A4%96+Generated+with+%5BClaude+Code%5D+AND+NOT+coderabbit.ai&type=commits https://github.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=%F0%9F%A4%96+Gene...
    - kasey_junk 1y ago
      I have a line in my claude file that says “**Never** list files in git commit messages.’ due to Claude’s propensity to do that. So funny.
nurettin 1y ago
They continue conversations in huge contexts which quickly slurps up their credits and instead of changing their workflow and adapting, they shovel more cash into it so it burns brighter.

How are people using Claude to use this much API? I use it to write the occasional bit and the free one seems enough - I've only once been told to come back tomorrow.

serf 1y ago

write any project with a lot of math and memory shuffling and the structure will generally start eating lots of tokens. write any project that has a lot of interactive 'dialogues', or exacting and detailed comments, eats a lot of tokens. My record for tapping out the Claude Max API quickly was sprint-coding a poker solver and accompanying web front end w/ Opus. The backend had a lot of gpgpu stuff going on , and the front end was extremely verbose w/ a wordy ui/ux.

chadcmulligan 1y ago
So you write the whole thing using Claude? Any walkthroughs/YouTube things to show how to do this? Not sure I want to, but I'm curious

stpedgwdgfhgdd 1y ago

Pro was not sufficient when i started to: Use git worktrees, type every command in plain english in CC. For example “commit and push”

mcintyre1994 1y ago
How good is it at writing commit messages out of interest?
- input_sh 1y ago
  Not great by default, it just lists the files that were added or modified and "signs" itself at the bottom. I see no value in its commit messages compared to just scrolling down and seeing the actual diff. You can make it somewhat better by adding instructions in CLAUDE.md, but I did notice those instructions getting ignored from time to time unless you "remind it". See for yourself: https://github.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=%F0%9F%A4%96+Generated+with+%5BClaude+Code%5D+AND+NOT+coderabbit.ai&type=commits https://github.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=%F0%9F%A4%96+Gene...
  - kasey_junk 1y ago
    I have a line in my claude file that says “**Never** list files in git commit messages.’ due to Claude’s propensity to do that. So funny.

nurettin 1y ago

They continue conversations in huge contexts which quickly slurps up their credits and instead of changing their workflow and adapting, they shovel more cash into it so it burns brighter.