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1. EnPiss+(OP)[view] [source] 2026-02-02 02:50:35
I have experienced much of the opposite. With an established code base to copy patterns from, AI can generate code that needs a lot less iteration to clean up than on green fields projects.
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2. danpal+p5[view] [source] 2026-02-02 03:47:29
>>EnPiss+(OP)
That's a fair observation, there's probably a sweet spot. The difference I've found is that I can reliably keep the model on track with patterns through prompting and documentation if the code doesn't have existing examples, whereas I can't document every single nuance of a big codebase and why it matters.
3. cortes+Z5[view] [source] 2026-02-02 03:54:59
>>EnPiss+(OP)
I solve this problem by pointing Claude at existing code bases when I start a project, and tell it to use that approach.
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