Anthropic Claude Code is a Beast – Tips from 6 Months of Hardcore Use

Description

This article (Reddit post) details a highly structured, automated workflow developed over six months of "hardcore use" with Claude Code (CC), which enabled the author, a software engineer, to single-handedly rewrite a complex project resulting in approximately 300,000 lines of new code. The core of this successful system is a custom TypeScript hook architecture designed to mitigate common AI limitations, such as inconsistent output and context loss. Specifically, the hooks ensure that comprehensive best-practice guidelines ("Skills") are automatically activated and reviewed before Claude begins work, guaranteeing consistent code patterns, while post-response hooks run automated checks to immediately catch and resolve TypeScript errors, ensuring "zero errors left behind". Furthermore, the workflow mandates rigorous planning using a specialized agent and a "dev docs system" to create detailed external task, context, and plan documents, which prevents Claude from suffering "amnesia" and losing track of large tasks even after conversation compaction. Finally, integrating PM2 allows Claude autonomous, real-time access to logs and process management across the project's seven backend microservices, dramatically simplifying debugging. This overall system emphasizes that optimal results are achieved by actively collaborating with the AI through structured planning and providing continuous context, rather than relying on simple "vibe-coding". https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/1oivjvm/claude_code_is_a_beast_tips_from_6_months_of/ https://github.com/diet103/claude-code-infrastructure-showcase