As we all know, over the past year we’ve seen on ongoing improvements in the models we use within Claude Code and I’ve found myself drifting away from old workflows because they simply seem to make outcomes worse. Specifically old rules, hooks, skills, etc. It appears to me that less is more now, and that the models (like Opus 5.5 - even at medium effort) are incredibly capable of doing most tasks that would have taken me major prompting and editing of tools I used to use before. Are you finding the same? If so, could you share how you’ve leaned out your setup? I find myself wanting to trust it more, but have a hard time letting go of the leash due to being burned so many times in the past (earlier models). Would love to hear your experiences either way and learning simple ways of setting my eco-system to make the most of what these models have to offer today. Everyone on Youtube seems to have the “secrete sauce” but I’m frankly put off by most of those videos. Thanks in advance. submitted by /u/chookshed
Originally posted by u/chookshed on r/ClaudeCode