Original Reddit post

Hey All! I’ve been bitten by the Claude Code bug and have been having an absolute blast building with it. I don’t come from an engineering background but have always loved building things — Claude Code has been a brilliant entry point into AI tooling for me. I’m comfortable with my current setup but would love to know how to upskill and improve my efficiency. Alongside checking out the official Anthropic courses, I’d love to hear what interface people recommend for an intermediate user. My journey so far: started with the Claude App on Windows → moved to VS Code with the extension → now building natively via the Terminal/CLI. The main reason I made the switch is that I believed new features hit the CLI first — for example, when Agent Teams dropped, it seemed like it was only available via Terminal (correct me if I’m wrong on that). As an intermediate user I’d rather not pay on top of my existing Claude subscription, so my core question is: am I missing out by not using VS Code, Cursor, etc. — or should I just stick with the Terminal if I’m happy there? submitted by /u/OSXAdam

Originally posted by u/OSXAdam on r/ClaudeCode