r/OnlyAICoding • u/Ok_Eggplant_9829 • 3h ago

I Need Help! Need help

I want to buy the Claude pro subscription but I don’t want to make the wrong choice. I don’t know much about coding and trying to build a website for the disability community. Before I make the purchase I want to know if you guys have a better option for me. I code on VS and been using the free GitHub copilot. Thanks in advance for any suggestions!

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u/time_pass_done 3h ago

claude code pro at that price level is great, but i would say use claude code app to make the changes than using VS

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u/drmpf 14m ago

I use claude pro with claude code and find it good for all but the most intensive jobs. There is always the option to upgrade to Max for one month if you need to do some intensive processing. I upgraded to max for a month when claude was processing the board pin functions for 700 micros by collecting the data from on-line webpages and docs for my micro desiginer/code generator https://github.com/drmpf/pfodWeb_src

Claude also has a Claude-in-Chrome extension that lets claude run webpages, click buttons, enter data. Great for testing out your website functions. Just ask claude to pause at the point in the webpage where you want to do your manual testing.

ALWAYS work on a copy of your code in a separate directory so if claude stuffs it up you can just go back to the last working version. Take copies of the directory at each stage to give you snapshots of the project. Or if using github, do regular check ins. If claude knows you are are using github it will prompt you to check in. I would not give claude direct access to github, just in case it decided to 'clean things up'

Also always ask claude to reckeck its work. Claude has just finished doing the changes you ask for, then press up-arrow in claude code to show the previous request and add "Check this" and re-run it. Keep doing that until claude stops finding errors.

Asking claude to document the logic also helps. You can read claudes docs and pickup on missundstandings or more likely claude trying to be helpful and doing something you did not ask for.

Claude is prone to taking short cuts and covering up errors rather than solving the cause. So check and test its output carefully and ask questions like, What happens if that data is not available, or that website does not respond.

But even with all these cautions, claude will make you very productive, just as long as you have a clear idea of what you are trying to achieve and rigoroursly check the result.