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maccardyesterday at 7:53 PM2 repliesview on HN

> I will say, it’s not unusual for the initial output not to compile,

We’ve gone from “I’m baffled at your experience” to well yeah it often fails” in two sentences here…


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saulpwyesterday at 10:41 PM

It's not unusual for my initial output (as a programmer) not to compile either. I wouldn't say I "failed" if I can then get it to compile. Which as people are saying, is what happens with Claude Code and Opus, either automatically or at most when I say "get it to compile".

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wrsyesterday at 11:09 PM

Hmm…if you’re giving only one prompt to Claude Code, and allowing it only one output, then I’m no longer baffled at why you’re not getting good results. That’s not how it works. (That’s not how it works when I write code myself, either!)

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