Today I tested Claude Design using Sonnet 4.6 for the first time with no research, no training, and no prep as part of my Out of the Box in 30 series. 🎯The challenge was simple. Could I build a classic car tribute site for a green 1972 Mustang in 30 minutes… and how would it compare to Lovable? A few quick takeaways: - Claude Design felt intuitive and guided the process well - Lovable moved fast and gave me a stronger first pass visually - Claude Design showed promise, but missed the mark on some of the car imagery - Lovable felt more dialed in right away for this specific use case This series is to show you that sometimes the best way to learn a new AI tool is to just open it up and try it. Just get in there and start learning by doing. No overthinking. No expectation to be perfect. No waiting until I “know enough". That’s what Out of the Box in 30 is all about. Click here to see the video: https://youtu.be/RwyBMyaelXY Have you tried either one yet? #ClaudeDesign #Lovable #AIWebsiteBuilder #AIBeginners #AIBitsAndPieces #NoCodeAI #AIInRealLife

My Take: Claude Opus 4.7 Anthropic's latest model is claiming to be noticeably better at complex, multi-step tasks — and a few changes are worth knowing about before you dive in. What's different: - Smarter on hard problems and better at staying on track in long sessions - Less chatty by default — answers match the complexity of your question - Thinks adaptively now, meaning it decides when to reason deeply vs. respond fast How to get the most out of it: - Put all your context in the first message — the more you front-load, the less back-and-forth you need - Batch your questions rather than sending one at a time Quick Tips: One tip worth saving: Want deeper reasoning? Add: "Think carefully — this is harder than it looks." Want faster replies? Add: "Prioritize speed over deep thinking." Some things are better from the source itself. Here is the latest blog post from Anthropic. https://claude.com/blog/best-practices-for-using-claude-opus-4-7-with-claude-code

We just wrapped Session 2 of our live build series and it was a great one! Starting from absolute scratch, we built a fully functional Task List app in under 10 minutes of total “cook time” using nothing but natural language prompts in Claude Code. No traditional coding. Just clear instructions and AI doing the heavy lifting. Here is everything we built in one session: ✅ Add, edit, and delete tasks ✅ Priority levels with color coding ✅ Due dates, categories, and status tracking ✅ Notes field per task ✅ Live progress bar ✅ Search, filter, and sort ✅ Collapsible completed tasks section ✅ Real SQLite database ✅ Runs locally on your machine The best part, while I was feeding Claude Code with prompts to build an enhanced Task List, several conversations broken out between @Matthew Sutherland @Bruce Kaufmann and I discussing many planning and building tips that only experienced builders could offer. The biggest lesson from today? Prompting is the new coding. If you can describe what you want clearly and in phases, you can build real working software — even if you have never written a line of code in your life. The YouTube video is now live. Go check it out and follow along. All the prompts we used are included. 👉 https://youtu.be/oJwNzUDzsIA?si=peazUxtSTJ8Y4rKA Session 3 is coming up on Monday. #ClaudeCode #VibeCoding #AIBitsAndPieces

First, thanks to all who attended the live session. It was a great session today! We learned allot while building an entire app from scratch and on the fly. As luck would have it, the first session did not record so this is the second live build today that captures the power of using Claude Code. @Collin Thomas @Glenn Dwyer @Robert Kim @Md. Abdullah Al Mafi @Matthew Sutherland @Kratika Gupta In today’s session, I used Claude Code on Windows to build a simple task list app from scratch. This was Session 1 of a 3-session series: Session 1 — Vibe Coding with Claude Code (Today) - No planning. - Just build. - Minimal features. The broader series will compare three different approaches (look for calendar update): Session 2 — Vibe Coding + Planning - Some planning. - More structure and a few useful features. Session 3 — Skill Coding (Planning Assumed) - The most upfront planning. - The most feature-rich app. - The most fun. 🏁 The goal of this series is to help everyone, no matter their AI or programming experience level—including zero—get a glimpse into the power of Claude Code. ❗ Beginners and complete newbies are absolutely welcome. ❗ The point is to help people see what these tools can do, how planning changes the outcome, and why the shift toward natural language development matters. We are getting closer to a world where more people will create software using natural language, where the quality of the idea starts to matter more than whether you have an engineering degree. At the same time, two things can be true at once: strong computer science fundamentals and great ideas will continue to compound for those who have both.

The slash commands that actually matter, in the order you'll need them. 1. /init First thing in any new project. Creates a CLAUDE.md file where you define how your project works, what conventions to follow, what to avoid. Without this, you're re-explaining your codebase every session. With it, Claude opens the session already oriented to your codebase. 2. /compact (full disclosure, I never use this one.) Your context window is finite. When a session runs long and context quality degrades, /compact compresses everything down to the essential points and frees up space. Run this proactively before starting a new chunk of work in the same session. 3. /clear Full reset. Wipes the conversation entirely. Use it when you're switching to a completely different task and don't want bleed from the previous conversation affecting results. 4. /cost Shows your token usage and spend for the session. I check this after long sessions to understand what's actually expensive. Helps you spot when a conversation has ballooned and you should /compact or start fresh. 5. /doctor Diagnoses your Claude Code setup. Checks your config, API keys, MCP servers, permissions. When something isn't working and you can't figure out why, run this first. Saves you from chasing config problems that aren't actually code problems. 6. /memory Between sessions, Claude Code retains what you've told it. /memory lets you view, add, or remove that stored context. Build it up over time so you're not starting from scratch every conversation. 7. /config Opens your settings. Permission modes, model preferences, allowed tools. The controls that determine how Claude Code behaves at a system level. 8. /review Runs a code review on your current changes. Point it at a PR or your working diff and Claude walks through it like a reviewer. Catches things fast. 9. /resume Pick up where you left off. Shows your recent sessions and lets you jump back into any of them with full context. I use this constantly when I close a terminal and come back the next day.