Comment by kelseydh
12 hours ago
Claude Code does empower developers to do deep higher level work. It's easier to generate advanced changes now.
E.g. database optimisations a Senior Engineer might do, such as designing a database partition or creating a complex composite index. The problem? When Claude recommends more advanced solutions without a deep understanding it is easy to miss where the foot guns lie or if Claude got it outright wrong.
It's like being handed a chainsaw when you had an axe. Without good judgement, it's easy to cut down the wrong trees.
You are right, but the responsibility of the final artifact must fall on the human.
Think about what we did before if we didn't have another human around to ask and think together about a problem.
We searched for solutions or more info on Stack Overflow, Reddit , random blogs or HN even. The we tried to evaluate the pros and cons of each possible solution and then decide what to do.
Now we should use the LLM to get that info from the internet (be it from its lossy memorized or better fresh from its search tool). Then try to ask the LLM for pros and cons and follow the links it provided if you don't trust its "judgement".