3. While most of the time, Claude Code can only go up to 10 steps before I need to interrupt it, it can occasionally go close to 100 steps. Just a year ago, people told me it was hard to get an agent to go above 5 steps! Claude Code’s favorite tools are, unsurprisingly, search
@chipro
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New Metrics for Evaluating AI Project Complexity Beyond Hours
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2. Traditional metrics of engineering hours/days don’t work for AI. Two metrics I use to evaluate the complexity of a project: – how many instructions I need to give AI until it completes a project
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Sniffly: Analyzing Claude Code Logs and Error Patterns
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I open sourced Sniffly, a tool that analyzes Claude Code logs to help me understand my usage patterns and errors. Key learnings. 1. The biggest type of errors Claude Code made is Content Not Found (20 – 30%). It tries to find files or functions that don't exist. So I
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Claude Code Refuses to Fix Minor App Bug
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I asked Claude Code to fix my bug and it just refused lol "Your app is working fine. This is a minor issue that doesn't break core functionality."
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Claude Accidentally Jailbroken: System Instructions Exposed
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I think I might've accidentally jailbreak-ed Claude. I asked Claude to craft a conversation between two characters for a story I'm writing and they suddenly started reciting Claude's system instructions.
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New AI Frontier Lab Led by Industry Veterans Launches
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Finally!!! An AI frontier lab run by adults. Congrats to @miramurati
, @johnschulman2
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, @Luke_Metz
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Common AI Engineering Pitfalls: Lessons and Best Practices
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Wrote a quick note (with examples) of common pitfalls that I’ve seen, both from public case studies and from my personal experience. https://
huyenchip.com/2025/01/16/ai-
engineering-pitfalls.html
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AI Conversations as Productivity Metric for Work
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I'm using AI so much for work that I can tell how productive I am by how many conversations I've had with AI.
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AI Engineering Book Official Release Announced
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Finally got my copy! “AI Engineering” is officially out
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AI Agents: Tools, Capabilities, and Planning Strategies
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My 8000-word note on agents: https://
huyenchip.com//2025/01/07/ag
ents.html
… Covering: 1. An overview of agents 2. How the capability of an AI-powered agent is determined by the set of tools it has access to and its capability for planning 3. How to select the best set of tools for your agent 4.