Comment by krackers
2 hours ago
Oh ok that's different! From your comment I assumed that it was Claude Code doing the implementation while you only gave it high level concepts (e.g. "add a generational GC"). But if you use it as a resource to clarify concepts while you write the implementation yourself, then it's no different than having a tutor who helps you understand so you can do the homework yourself.
Given the article, I don't think most people are using LLMs in a "tutor" fashion to learn how to do the homework, they're effectively having their homework done by the tutor.
Yeah. I've also been using it as a manager of sorts. I'm not a very organized person. My mental OS can't schedule things properly and I have trouble starting tasks. Claude's been extremely helpful by giving me structure and direction. Just asking Claude to scour the project's chats and give me a list of steps I can easily and immediately start executing pretty much cured me of my ADHD. I frequently ask Opus to do full codebase reviews just so I can have it do this for me.
I totally made Claude do my own homework on my static site generator project though. It's even added itself as coauthor. Haven't even read the commits yet. It was just ripping out broken code and eliminating dependencies. Nothing that even approaches the complexity of my programming language work.