[xmodem]

I have not been as aggressive as GP in trying new AI tools. But the last few months I have been trying more and more and I'm just not seeing it.

One project I tried out recently I took a test-driven approach. I built out the test suite while asking the AI to do the actual implementation. This was one of my more successful attempts, and may have saved me 20-30% time overall - but I still had to throw out 80% of what it built because the agent just refused to implement the architecture I was describing.

It's at its most useful if I'm trying to bootstrap something new on a stack I barely know, OR if I decide I just don't care about the quality of the output.

I have tried different CLI tools, IDE tools. Overall I've had the best success with Claude Code but I'm open to trying new things.

Do you have any good resources you would recommend for getting LLM's to perform better, or staying up-to-date on the field in general?

[eloisant]

If you haven't yet, check Claude Code's plan mode:

https://claudelog.com/mechanics/plan-mode/