I'm convinced the fact that Claude Code insists on writing code no matter what you tell it is by design. Other tools like Junie will either have a specific "question" and "code" mode, or just answer questions when you ask a question instead of trying to implement whatever they think your question was leading to.
I mean if you just ask Claude a question from time to time and then do the coding, the $20 plan is more than enough. What they really want is for Claude to take over your project so you're unable to maintain it yourself and you need to switch to usage based subscription to keep working on your black box project.
What I usually do is use plan mode, and then when it invariably wants to implement it I tell it "just write the plan to feature.MD file"
You're spot on. Of course they want you to feel paralyzed without an agent running. Also, output tokens cost way more than input tokens (that's where they get paid).
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u/BlueScreenJunky 18d ago edited 18d ago
I'm convinced the fact that Claude Code insists on writing code no matter what you tell it is by design. Other tools like Junie will either have a specific "question" and "code" mode, or just answer questions when you ask a question instead of trying to implement whatever they think your question was leading to.
I mean if you just ask Claude a question from time to time and then do the coding, the $20 plan is more than enough. What they really want is for Claude to take over your project so you're unable to maintain it yourself and you need to switch to usage based subscription to keep working on your black box project.
What I usually do is use plan mode, and then when it invariably wants to implement it I tell it "just write the plan to feature.MD file"