[vishnugupta]

Revolutionary or not it was very nice of the author to make time and effort to share their workflow.

For those starting out using Claude Code it gives a structured way to get things done bypassing the time/energy needed to “hit upon something that several of us have evolved to naturally”.

[chaboud]

It's this line that I'm bristling at: "...the workflow I’ve settled into is radically different from what most people do with AI coding tools..."

Anyone who spends some time with these tools (and doesn't black out from smashing their head against their desk) is going to find substantial benefit in planning with clarity.

It was #6 in Boris's run-down: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46470017

So, yes, I'm glad that people write things out and share. But I'd prefer that they not lead with "hey folks, I have news: we should *slice* our bread!"

[copirate]

But the author's workflow is actually very different from Boris'.

#6 is about using plan mode whereas the author says "The built-in plan mode sucks".

The author's post is much more than just "planning with clarity".

[Forgeties79]

I would say he’s saying “hey folks, I have news. We should slice our bread with a knife rather than the spoon that came with the bread.”

[locknitpicker]

> Anyone who spends some time with these tools (and doesn't black out from smashing their head against their desk) is going to find substantial benefit in planning with clarity.

That's obvious by now, and the reason why all mainstream code assistants now offer planning mode as a central feature of their products.

It was baffling to read the blogger making claims about what "most people" do when anyone using code assistants already do it. I mean, the so called frontier models are very expensive and time-consuming to run. It's a very natural pressure to make each run count. Why on earth would anyone presume people don't put some thought into those runs?

[fintechie]

This kind of flows have been documented in the wild for some time now. They started to pop up in the Cursor forums 2+ years ago... eg: https://github.com/johnpeterman72/CursorRIPER

Personally I have been using a similar flow for almost 3 years now, tailored for my needs. Everybody who uses AI for coding eventually gravitates towards a similar pattern because it works quite well (for all IDEs, CLIs, TUIs)

[ffsm8]

Its ai written though, the tells are in pretty much every paragraph.

[ratsimihah]

I don’t think it’s that big a red flag anymore. Most people use ai to rewrite or clean up content, so I’d think we should actually evaluate content for what it is rather than stop at “nah it’s ai written.”

[foldingmoney]

>the tells are in pretty much every paragraph.

It's not just misleading — it's lazy. And honestly? That doesn't vibe with me.

[/s obviously]

[handfuloflight]

So is GP.

This is clearly a standard AI exposition:

LLM's are like unreliable interns with boundless energy. They make silly mistakes, wander into annoying structural traps, and have to be unwound if left to their own devices. It's like the genie that almost pathologically misinterprets your wishes.

[DonHopkins]

Then ask your own ai to rewrite it so it doesn't trigger you into posting uninteresting thought stopping comments proclaiming why you didn't read the article, that don't contribute to the discussion.

[petesergeant]

Here's mine! https://github.com/pjlsergeant/moarcode