Claude AI Reviews

1. Tyler Branham

   · Founder at LeadGen Companies · about 1 year ago
   2X or more your productivity

   Claude Sonnet 3.5 is amazing for coding! I used to use the chat interface and copy-paste, but now I use aider.chat. Aider works in a git repo and forces Claude to only make the changes you requested. Changes are easy to revert.

   A downside: Code is not always what I want. I try to make it do work in small chunks and this helps. Excels at writing boilerplate-y code that tends to be a little different on different websites.

   Two helpful styles of prompts:

   1. "Make this better", "Make it look better", etc. - Will optimize code, make it DRY, improve HTML/CSS styling in templates, and more.
   2. "What are my options?" - Helpful if you're not an expert in something or need to brainstorm.

   Using it for Python/Django/HTMX/AlpineJS. Django templates mixed with JS are no problem.

   🏁 Competitors: ChatGPT

   👍 Pros:    Optimizes and improves code, layouts, and more|Reduces boilerplate

   👎 Cons:    Code is not always great|Can be hard to keep track of things when you're moving so fast

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Claude AI mentions (86)

• Claude Sonnet 4.5

  I had access to a preview over the weekend, I published some notes here: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/29/claude-sonnet-4-5/ It's very good - I think probably a tiny bit better than GPT-5-Codex, based on vibes more than a comprehensive comparison (there are plenty of benchmarks out there that attempt to be more methodical than vibes). It particularly shines when you try it on https://claude.ai/ using its... - Source: Hacker News / 5 days ago

• Claude Is Down

  Works here in US West. https://claude.ai and Claude Code both. - Source: Hacker News / 24 days ago

• Claude can now create and edit files

  It works for me on the https://claude.ai web all but doesn't appear to work in the Claude iOS app. I tried "Tell me everything you can about your shell and Python environments" and got some interesting results after it ran a bunch of commands. Linux runsc 4.4.0 #1 SMP Sun Jan 10 15:06:54 PST 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS Python 3.12.3 /usr/bin/node is v18.19.1 Disk Space: 4.9GB total, with... - Source: Hacker News / 25 days ago

• AI Stack for Solo Developers: Build an Entire Startup with These Tools

  Tools: ChatGPT (free), Claude, Django, FastAPI, Node.js ChatGPT is great for planning and scaffolding. Claude shines when working with multiple files or complex refactoring. Together, they can spin up routes, models, authentication, and even database setup in record time. - Source: dev.to / about 2 months ago

• 🚀 Automating Daily Task Management with Claude + YouTrack MCP

  In this guide, I’ll show you how I integrated Claude with YouTrack using the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to build a fully automated daily task management system. - Source: dev.to / about 2 months ago

RecurseChat mentions (15)

• Vision Now Available in Llama.cpp

  If you are on a Mac, give https://recurse.chat/ a try. As simple as download the model and start chatting. Just added the new multimodal support in LLaMA.cpp. - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago

• Llama.cpp guide – Running LLMs locally on any hardware, from scratch

  If anyone on macOS wants to use llama.cpp with ease, check out https://recurse.chat/. Supports importing ChatGPT history & continue chats offline using llama.cpp. Built this so I can use local AI as a daily driver. - Source: Hacker News / 10 months ago

• Show HN: Nosia – Privacy-Focused AI to Run Models on Your Own Data and Device

  If you are interested in no config setup for local LLM, give https://recurse.chat/ a try (I'm the dev). The app is designed to be self-contained and as simple as you can imagine. - Source: Hacker News / 11 months ago

• Claude for Desktop

  Shameless plug: If you are on a Mac, check out RecurseChat: https://recurse.chat/ A few outstanding features:. - Source: Hacker News / 11 months ago

• Claude for Desktop

  Give https://recurse.chat/ a try - I'm the developer. One particular advantage over alternative apps is importing ChatGPT history and speed of the app, including full-text search. You can import your thousands of conversations and every chat loads instantly. We also recently added floating chat feature. Check out the demo: https://x.com/recursechat/status/1846309980091330815. - Source: Hacker News / 11 months ago