jsturgill

Anybody checked it out yet? Thoughts?

My team still reviews one another's code, but for my personal projects it's Claude writing and Claude reviewing.

Cool app. I enjoy the variety of game options, not just guessing the flag.

I'm sure others have suggested this too, but learn and master fundamentals like systems design and architecture, the SDLC, product management, etc. Try to keep up with AI news and developments, but don't let it distract you from the core things you need to learn. The market is still going to need strong talent with knowledge of not just the latest AI tech, but what it is you're trying to build with the AI and what "done" should look like.

No, I don't write code at all. I'm in engineering leadership and manage many engineers (devs, SREs, QAs, etc.) but am not a software engineer myself. The goal for me was to really understand the landscape and to be able to confidently speak about the tools from first-hand experience, not just what I read daily. I absolutely recommend non-coders check the coding tools out. If you were trying to become a coder it may not be the best approach to start that way, but if you're someone who has ideas that you want to build and iterate on without needing to involve a coder, and learn a ton about all the design aspects, hosting considerations, etc. it's gold (bit much cheaper).

I've been using Claude Code for about a month. I'm on the $20/month plan. I mostly use whatever the current Sonnet model is, as it does the level of coding/reasoning I need without chewing up a ton of my credits, only switching to Opus or Fable when I had something deeper to chew on, like building some ongoing skills to apply to my whole project or doing a deep dive to check Sonnet's work on my overall code. I must say that I've never had a time when Claude was not usable. The closest I've been is the session saying it lost connection to GitHub and that I should create a new session, which was probably a good idea anyway, to save on token usage.

I had not "vibe-coded" at all. I decided to learn I would build a game I would be passionate about. I jumped in head first with Claude Code and am absolutely blown away with the power and ease of use. I went from just an idea to a v1 prototype to a staging environment for 2.0 to production 2.0 with even more features than I initially planned in less than a month. The lesson is, if you're brand new, like I was, just jump in and use the tools for something you care about. You will quickly learn more than you thought possible and have fun at the same time.