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To   : Matthew Asham
From : Stephen Walsh
Date : Thu Sep 11 2025 14:51:38


Hello Matthew!

09 Sep 25 20:18, you wrote to me:

 SW>> How have you found it in creating things, does it need many
 SW>> corrections? What type of feeding was required to get the result's
 SW>> you've gotten? What you have sofar looks impressive, and just
 SW>> pondering how much is AI generated vs you? I gather you've used
 SW>> the paid version?

 MA> I am using Claude Code its command line oriented tool with the Claude
 MA> Pro Plan.  My interactions with it tend to be task oriented where I'll
 MA> ask it to implement a certain feature, then I test it and instruct (or
 MA> follow instructions depending on what help it needs) to debug and
 MA> correct issues.
[...]
 MA> I could have been much more specific in giving it a more thorough
 MA> design however I find it interesting to see what it comes up with on
 MA> its own.

Wow! Thanks for such a in-depth explanation, and covering so much.
That's a lot to digest.

 MA> Unfortunately it can be forgetful as well, and it has its bad days
 MA> just like us humans.

I have been playing round with the free offerings from google's, Gemini and a few session with Claude. (At lest with Gemini, you can continue the session the next day
after it's x amount of use for that day. Claude just won't allow any more full stop). All by the web interface. For simple task's they have been good. But start to go down
something more complex, and they start to get the same things wrong or even repeat the same thing, even after being told it's wrong and repeating.

 MA> Overall I'd say it's worth the cost especially at < $30 a month for
 MA> the pro plan.  It wouldn't replace a programmer but it sure helps out
 MA> and justifies the cost pretty easily vs. time if I had written it from
 MA> scratch myself.

It comes out to $34 AUD here for the month to month plan. There are a couple of things I'd like to do, but not being a programmer is a hold back. I can follow the flow on
most things and hack away at it, but making backup's on backup's is required. Forget 'c', as I can't read it. But Scripting languages I can manage to work though.

One is a Arexx script on the Amiga for my BBS. It's mostly working, but some Arexx tricks are needed to get it fully working. I've had to put it aside for the moment to
get a more important project done.

The other is a more simple thing (I think), but getting it working/right is the challenge.

Can I netmail you what I've got sofar? To get some feedback?




Stephen


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