so i have been an AI user since the beta of chatGPT and github copilot. and for the past 4-5 months i have been experimenting with agentic tools like Claude Code and Open Code. and here’s my experience but first for context i got 5 years of experience doing backend, database design and some frontend ocasionally i worked with the goverment and private sector in startups and enterprise levels and even spent a couple of years at a softwrehouse so i know how to do things myself and i’m pretty good at what i do. that said i will divide my experine into two sections personal impact on me and my skills and the developer experience and how it changed how i work first personal impact on my skills: recently i noticed that i’m a bit lazy on thinking and my first instinct is to send the error msg or what i’m trying to the AI. and when i get work that must be done by hand i noticed that i’m being impatient compared to before when i used to do 8-10 hours of continuos coding sessions or research for a solution or architecture. which is why recently i’m try to take a break and do a little AI detox for a while but it’s not going so well like i’m addicted to it now second how it impacted how i work and how i’m using it: so far i tried 3 approaches
- vanilla Claude code
- claude code with super powers
- claude code with superpowers (planning) + opencode GO for implementing and here’s how it went for me,
- planning and analysis is a huge benficial specially with sonnet 4.6 for simple and medium tasks and Opus family for the complex ones
- super powers consumes alot of tokens and i often hit the limit doing the analysis and design phase, specially when working on a complex task
- the mix between claude code and cheaper models from open code Go subscription is an improvement and saves some money and time waiting for the limits to reset
- Opus4.7 often tends to overengineer simple tasks
- when it comes to implementation it’s very hard making it stick to my existing project style or structure and i find myself often re-doing many parts of the work just to get it the way i want it
- too many unit tests is being generated and it feels like a burden at this point, not a coherence for the project. i ,may be using it wrong but recently i’ve been feeling nostalgia for the github copilot inline suggestion and chat mode for searching staff in the project. and can’t really benefit from cli based agentic tools, for me it sounds more for vibe coding, non-technical people or experienced architects who don’t want to waste time writing the actual code. feel free to correct me or suggest ant approach or resource that could help and looking forward for the communit y feedback submitted by /u/stupid-engineering
Originally posted by u/stupid-engineering on r/ClaudeCode
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