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Developer shares Claude Code usage tips and fixes for common mistakes

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A developer shares their experiences and lessons learned from using Claude Code as their primary coding assistant for over a year. They detail six common mistakes, including repeating instructions instead of using CLAUDE.md, misunderstanding CLAUDE.md's role versus hooks for enforcement, and inefficiently loading entire files when only a portion was needed. The developer also discusses the drawbacks of maintaining a single, long-running session and the pitfalls of mid-task compaction, offering specific strategies and fixes for each issue to improve efficiency and model performance. AI

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  1. dev.to — Claude Code tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Claudify ·

    The CLAUDE.md mistakes I kept making (and what fixed them)

    <p>I have been running Claude Code as my daily driver for over a year, and for most of that time my CLAUDE.md was working against me. Not dramatically. Just a steady tax of repeated corrections, forgotten rules, and sessions that got slower and dumber as the day went on.</p> <p>H…

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