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6 Weeks of Claude Code

Link – blog.puzzmo.com

Claude Code has considerably changed my relationship to writing and maintaining code at scale. I still write code at the same level of quality, but I feel like I have a new freedom of expression which is hard to fully articulate.

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Why I don't use down migrations

Original – by Freek Van der Herten – 3 minute read

Every once in a while, someone opens a PR on one of our open source packages adding a down function to the migration. I usually close those PRs fast with a thank you and a message “We don’t use down migrations in our projects”.

While down migrations might seem like a safety net, they're often a false comfort that potentially creates more problems than they solve.

Instead of explaining this in every PR separately, let me share why we don't write down migrations and what we do instead.

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The Real Ask

Link – frederickvanbrabant.com - submitted by Frederick Vanbrabant

When someone comes to you with a question to do something, instead of blindly doing the ask, take a step back and try to understand what they actually want to achieve. Often this task might actually not be the best way to achieve the goal they are set out to do.

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