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I got an itch to play with some ideas I’ve had around code review. Also decided to completely vibe code it with Claude Code to become more familiar with the strengths and weaknesses of working like this. Idea is you can sort files topologically, and symbols modified in this PR are highlighted.

Are you familiar with plan mode? You activate it by shift+tab’ing in your Claude code session. I’d advise doing this always. You give instructions, then you carefully review the plan and make changes there, which means you fix half the issues before it even writes any code.

The plan can be made way quicker than the changes so feedback loop is much more fun, you don’t have to wait minutes to find out it’s done something stupid. Also were you on Sonnet 4 or Opus? Opus is noticeably better, though it is 10x as expensive.

I’m aware of plan mode but haven’t tried it yet. It’s on my list! I’m also mostly using Sonnet 4. I’ve heard folks say “Opus for planning, Sonnet for execution.”

Yeah, that advice reflects how impactful the initial plan can be. Same reason helping it build a plan that exactly matches what you want can make a big difference to output. Confess I’m just running Opus now, but that’s less ok if you’re employer isn’t paying the bill 😂