A software developer shared five effective patterns for using Claude Code with a large TypeScript codebase, emphasizing the importance of explicit rules over descriptive text. Key strategies include framing architectural boundaries as non-negotiable constraints, instructing the model to search the codebase before writing new code, and referencing existing code examples instead of lengthy prose explanations. The developer also found that a session-start checklist and a standing instruction to flag uncertainty were more effective than a long list of banned patterns. AI
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