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As a counter example (re: agents), I routinely delegate simple tasks to Claude Code and get near-perfect results. But I've also had experiences like yours where

As a counter example (re: agents), I routinely delegate simple tasks to Claude Code and get near-perfect results. But I've also had experiences like yours where I ended up wasting more time than saved. I just kept trying with different types of tasks, and narrowed it down to the point where I have a good intuition for what works and what doesn't. The benefit is I can fire off a request on my phone, stick it in my pocket, then do a code review some time later. This process is very low mental overhead for me, so it's a big productivity win.

xyzzy123 1y ago
Thats cool, how are you integrating your phone with your Claude workflow?
- ChadNauseam 1y ago
  I don't know how to do it with Claude Code, but I was at a beach vacation for the past few days and I was studying french on my phone with an webapp that I made. Sometimes I'd notice something bug me, and I used cursor's "background agents" tool to ask it to make a change. This is essentially just a website where you can type in your request, and they allocate a VM, check out your repository, then run the cursor LLM agent inside that VM to implement your requested changes, then push it and create a pull request to your repo. Because I have CI/CD setup, I then just merged the change and waited for it to deploy (usually going for a swim in-between). I realized as I was doing it that I wouldn't be able to tell anyone about it because I would sound like the most obnoxious AI bro ever. But it worked! (For the simple requests I used it on.) The most annoying part was that I had to tell it to run rustfmt every time, because otherwise it would fail CI and I wouldn't be able to merge it. And then it would take forever to install a rust toolchain and figure out how to run clippy and stuff. But it did feel crazy to be able to work on it from the beach. Anyway, I'm apparently not very good at taking vacations, lol
  - seren1 1y ago
    Is this Terragon's offering, or does Cursor also have web-based background agents?
    - ChadNauseam 1y ago
      Cursor has web-based background agents, they launched them recently
- discordance 1y ago
  You can set up hooks: https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/claude-code/hooks-guide https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/claude-code/hooks-guide And use something like ntfy to get notifications on your phone: https://ntfy.sh/ https://ntfy.sh/ I’ve also seen people assign Claude code issues on GitHub and then use the GitHub mobile app on their phone to get notifications and review PRs.
- resonious 1y ago
  My dev environment works perfectly on Termux, and so does Claude Code. So I just run `claude` like normal, and everything is identical to how I do it on desktop. Edit: clarity
  - oblio 1y ago
    Do you use it on a phone or on a tablet?
    - resonious 1y ago
      Phone. One of those foldy ones though so pretty big screen.
- Aeolun 1y ago
  I just SSH into my CC machine from the phone, then use CC.
SchemaLoad 1y ago
Sounds like a slot machine. Insert api tokens, get something that's pretty close to right, insert more tokens and hope it works this time.
- resonious 1y ago
  Except the tokens you insert have meaning, and some yield better results than others. Not like a slot machine at all, really. Last I checked, those only have 1 possible input, no way to improve your odds.
  - saagarjha 1y ago
    Ok so it's poker rather than a slot machine
    - resonious 1y ago
      Yes I accept this analogy!
    - kmacdough 1y ago
      Not really, it's not a zero-sum game. You're not competing against anything, you're working with something. It's just a tool that takes practice, has some variability and isn't free. Like most things in life. More like buying corn or having friends.
      - speed_spread 1y ago
        Poker takes practice, has variability and isn't free. In fact it's the only game I know of that's pointlessly boring without money on the table. LLM workflow is competing with other ways of writing code. DIY, stack overflow, paired, offshored...
        TimTheTinker 1y ago
        > pointlessly boring without money on the table. I bought a bunch of poker chips and taught Texas Hold'em to my kids. We have a fantastic time playing with no money on the line, just winning or losing the game based on who wins all the chips.
DHRicoF 1y ago
The cost is in the context switching. Throw 3 tasks that came 15, 20 and 30 min later. The first is mostly ok, you finish by hand. The second have some problems, ask for a rework. Then came the other and, while ok, is have some design problems. Ask another rework. Comes back the second one, and you have to remember the original task and what things you asked for change.
seunosewa 1y ago
What are you using to fire up requests on your phone?

xyzzy123 1y ago

Thats cool, how are you integrating your phone with your Claude workflow?

ChadNauseam 1y ago
I don't know how to do it with Claude Code, but I was at a beach vacation for the past few days and I was studying french on my phone with an webapp that I made. Sometimes I'd notice something bug me, and I used cursor's "background agents" tool to ask it to make a change. This is essentially just a website where you can type in your request, and they allocate a VM, check out your repository, then run the cursor LLM agent inside that VM to implement your requested changes, then push it and create a pull request to your repo. Because I have CI/CD setup, I then just merged the change and waited for it to deploy (usually going for a swim in-between). I realized as I was doing it that I wouldn't be able to tell anyone about it because I would sound like the most obnoxious AI bro ever. But it worked! (For the simple requests I used it on.) The most annoying part was that I had to tell it to run rustfmt every time, because otherwise it would fail CI and I wouldn't be able to merge it. And then it would take forever to install a rust toolchain and figure out how to run clippy and stuff. But it did feel crazy to be able to work on it from the beach. Anyway, I'm apparently not very good at taking vacations, lol
- seren1 1y ago
  Is this Terragon's offering, or does Cursor also have web-based background agents?
  - ChadNauseam 1y ago
    Cursor has web-based background agents, they launched them recently
discordance 1y ago
You can set up hooks: https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/claude-code/hooks-guide https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/claude-code/hooks-guide And use something like ntfy to get notifications on your phone: https://ntfy.sh/ https://ntfy.sh/ I’ve also seen people assign Claude code issues on GitHub and then use the GitHub mobile app on their phone to get notifications and review PRs.
resonious 1y ago
My dev environment works perfectly on Termux, and so does Claude Code. So I just run `claude` like normal, and everything is identical to how I do it on desktop. Edit: clarity
- oblio 1y ago
  Do you use it on a phone or on a tablet?
  - resonious 1y ago
    Phone. One of those foldy ones though so pretty big screen.
Aeolun 1y ago
I just SSH into my CC machine from the phone, then use CC.

SchemaLoad 1y ago

Sounds like a slot machine. Insert api tokens, get something that's pretty close to right, insert more tokens and hope it works this time.

resonious 1y ago
Except the tokens you insert have meaning, and some yield better results than others. Not like a slot machine at all, really. Last I checked, those only have 1 possible input, no way to improve your odds.
- saagarjha 1y ago
  Ok so it's poker rather than a slot machine
  - resonious 1y ago
    Yes I accept this analogy!
  - kmacdough 1y ago
    Not really, it's not a zero-sum game. You're not competing against anything, you're working with something. It's just a tool that takes practice, has some variability and isn't free. Like most things in life. More like buying corn or having friends.
    - speed_spread 1y ago
      Poker takes practice, has variability and isn't free. In fact it's the only game I know of that's pointlessly boring without money on the table. LLM workflow is competing with other ways of writing code. DIY, stack overflow, paired, offshored...
      - TimTheTinker 1y ago
        > pointlessly boring without money on the table. I bought a bunch of poker chips and taught Texas Hold'em to my kids. We have a fantastic time playing with no money on the line, just winning or losing the game based on who wins all the chips.

DHRicoF 1y ago

The cost is in the context switching. Throw 3 tasks that came 15, 20 and 30 min later. The first is mostly ok, you finish by hand. The second have some problems, ask for a rework. Then came the other and, while ok, is have some design problems. Ask another rework. Comes back the second one, and you have to remember the original task and what things you asked for change.

seunosewa 1y ago

What are you using to fire up requests on your phone?