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Seeing them lead the way with MCP, the collab with Astro, TanStack to power open source and the ease of use vs AWS makes it a no brainer for me in 2025
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QUOTE TOI've been using Claude Code since July of 2025, and have been on the Max plan the entire time. There was a solid 6 months when Claude was fantastic. The models worked great. And things could be predicable. After 4.6 things started to change, and known behaviors started changing. That's not bad, models change. The importance here is the model didn't ~regress~ on my own workflows and integrated seamlessly-enough that it didn't bother me. 4.7 has changed that. Ever since its release I have fought this model. On behavior. On knowledge. On ~laziness~ especially, something the prior models I found for my tasks had no such issues. This model is the first I cannot rely on. Yes, insert one should never rely on a 3rd party model, but for those of you working this industry you know we still do to some extent. This will be the only tweet I do this rant, but after 10 months of using Claude, I'm gone.
QUOTE TOClaude Code (or Opus 4.6) feels like it asks you far fewer questions during plan mode Try: "Interview me relentlessly about every aspect of this plan until we reach a shared understanding. Walk down each branch of the design tree, resolving dependencies between decisions one-by-one."
Don't get me wrong - it can lead to LOTS of questions but worth it to nail the requirements upfront (how good software was built before AI)
@AnthropicAI please make this a config option for plan mode
QUOTE TOWheres the 10x engineer Dan?
Try now at PromptlyCMS.com
Add this to your config:
background-blur = macos-glass-regular
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It's free and open source.
I'm a big fan of your work and would love your feedback pls!
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QUOTE TOOn December 8, the Perseverance rover safely trundled across the surface of Mars. This was the first AI-planned drive on another planet. And it was planned by Claude.
Slower day today, added login/sign up screens. Upskilling on BetterAuth, hopefully will have fully functional auth tomorrow
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