I am not a programmer. I have made multiple attempts to learn programming, from Ruby on Rails back in the day to Python a year or two ago. While I understand the basic concepts – variables and types and loops and functions and classes, I find that the complexity mounts quickly and at a certain point I get discouraged – often around starting to create classes or managing error states – and don’t get any further. It all seems just too complicated and time consuming – why won’t it just work!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Another common issue was managing the infrastructure. How to get a web server running and move my files to it or how to get my python environment set up correctly. These things were nothing to do with the problem I was trying to solve, but each one, any of them, could be the cause of the issue I was trying to debug.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then along comes Claude. I’ve toyed with AI copilots before, and managed to get little scripts working, but have never made the effort to do any major – for me – programming. But now I have a trial version of the pro plan with Claude Code. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a week, I’ve got four projects working:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I’m very pleased with my progress this week:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My experience has been almost wholly positive. My few niggles are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Overall, this has been a very positive experience. Often, at work, I’m iterating over a design with a developer and I find that here I can do the same, but Claude is an infinitely patient (and seemingly infinitely knowledgeable) colaborator who doesn’t mind if I change my mind or want to go in a wholly new direction!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Obviously my first efforts are fairly simplistic, but I’m hoping that my imagination will grow with the freedom!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Upcoming projects:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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