Claude Code Experience
I’ve been using Claude chats for a while, but tools like Cursor never clicked for me. I just didn’t want to introduce a separate IDE into my workflow, and I didn’t feel they offered enough value for an experienced engineer. That changed with Claude Code.
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Claude Code is an agentic coding assistant that runs in a terminal and can research your codebase without manual context selection and make coordinated changes across files automatically. It can use command line tools (like git) and MCP servers (like GitHub) to extend its capabilities.
I tried Claude Code when it launched a few months ago and was immediately drawn to its terminal-based interface. I’ve never been a fan of similar products that required you to learn a separate IDE. Claude Code works alongside Xcode and feels like a natural extension of my current workflow.
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My next attempt was more ambitious. I asked Claude to rewrite the entire Objective-C “Support Logs” screen using SwiftUI. Here’s the PR #24591. It’s a simple screen with low stakes, and my brief prompt worked. While it didn’t match my coding style perfectly, I manually corrected it.
On the other hand, he notes that it took 25 minutes to rename a struct across multiple files “while also making unnecessary changes like renaming unrelated methods.” And you are sending your private codebase to the cloud.
For the past two months, I’ve been living dangerously. I launch Claude Code (released in late February) with
--dangerously-skip-permissions, the flag that bypasses all permission prompts. According to Anthropic’s docs, this is meant “only for Docker containers with no internet”, yet it runs perfectly on regular macOS.Yes, a rogue prompt could theoretically nuke my system. That’s why I keep hourly Arq snapshots (plus a SuperDuper! clone), but after two months I’ve had zero incidents.
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When I first installed Claude Code, I thought I was getting a smarter command line for coding tasks. What I actually got was a universal computer interface that happens to run in text. The mental shift took a few weeks, but once it clicked, I realized Claude can literally do anything I ask on my computer.
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This isn’t about AI replacing developers—it’s about developers becoming orchestrators of incredibly powerful systems. The skill ceiling rises: syntax fades, system thinking shines.
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