Running Claude Code in a loop to mirror human development practices
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11 hours ago
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yellow_lead
6 hours ago
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> This all started because I was contractually obligated to write unit tests for a codebase with hundreds of thousands of lines of code and go from 0% to 80%+ coverage in the next few weeks - seems like something Claude should do.

Is your client ok with this? Are the tests any good?

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greenavocado
4 hours ago
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If left to its own devices, Claude will resort to writing passable looking BS as tests pretty quickly when the going gets tough e.g. if it has to interface with stateful real world systems and its tests struggle to pass
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tough
3 hours ago
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claude is like an intern, someone has to code review and approve before final delivery imho
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CharlesW
4 hours ago
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https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/tree/main/plugins/...

"The technique is named after Ralph Wiggum from The Simpsons, embodying the philosophy of persistent iteration despite setbacks."

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kachapopopow
6 hours ago
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