TLDR: told it to implement a grid view as an alternative to the existing list view, and specifically told it to DRY the code. What it did? Copy and pasted the list view implementation (definitely not DRY), and tried to make it a grid, and even though it is a grid, it looks terrible (https://i.imgur.com/fJiSjq4.png).
I don't understand how people use cursor and all that other shit when it cannot follow such simple instructions.
Prompt (Claude Code): Implement an alternative grid view that the users can switch to. Follow the existing code style with empty comments and line breaks for improved code readability. Use snake case. DRY the code, avoid repetition of code. Do not change the font size or weight.
In any moderately sized codebase it's basically useless indeed. Pretty much all the praise and hype I ever see is from people making todo-list-tier applications and shouting with excitement how this is going to replace all of humanity.
Hell, I still have to remind it (Cursor) to not give me fucking React a few messages after I've already told it to not give me React (it's a Vue application with not a single line of React in it). Genuinely maddening, but the infinite wisdom of the higher ups forces me into wasting my time with this crap
Points for being specific with it's shortcomings! Expecting it to get it in one shot isn't how to work best with them. It takes some cajoling and at this point in time, sometimes it is still faster to do it the old fashioned way of you already know what you're doing.
Could you share an example?
TLDR: told it to implement a grid view as an alternative to the existing list view, and specifically told it to DRY the code. What it did? Copy and pasted the list view implementation (definitely not DRY), and tried to make it a grid, and even though it is a grid, it looks terrible (https://i.imgur.com/fJiSjq4.png).
I don't understand how people use cursor and all that other shit when it cannot follow such simple instructions.
Prompt (Claude Code): Implement an alternative grid view that the users can switch to. Follow the existing code style with empty comments and line breaks for improved code readability. Use snake case. DRY the code, avoid repetition of code. Do not change the font size or weight.
Output: https://github.com/mayo-dayo/app/compare/0.4...claude-code-g...
In any moderately sized codebase it's basically useless indeed. Pretty much all the praise and hype I ever see is from people making todo-list-tier applications and shouting with excitement how this is going to replace all of humanity.
Hell, I still have to remind it (Cursor) to not give me fucking React a few messages after I've already told it to not give me React (it's a Vue application with not a single line of React in it). Genuinely maddening, but the infinite wisdom of the higher ups forces me into wasting my time with this crap
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Points for being specific with it's shortcomings! Expecting it to get it in one shot isn't how to work best with them. It takes some cajoling and at this point in time, sometimes it is still faster to do it the old fashioned way of you already know what you're doing.
It also keeps adding aspect-ratio to every single image it finds in my code base.
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