Escaping Groundhog Day with Agentic Coding The Liquid Engineer – Issue No. 42 I did a lot of coding and experiments with Claude Code in the past weeks. Once the initial thrill of the speed wears off, frustration kicks in. I felt like I was in the movie Groundhog Day. The excellent actor Bill Murray wakes up every day in a hostel on the exact same day. The world around him repeats and only he remembers yesterday. He’s stuck in an endless loop and has to experience the same day again and again....

Claude Opus 4 Is The iPhone 4 Of The AI Era The Liquid Engineer from OnTree.co – Issue No. 41 The iPhone 4 was released on June 24, 2010, over 15 years ago. It was a groundbreaking phone, introducing the Retina display that is now built into every modern smartphone. It also was the first iPhone with a front-facing camera, allowing FaceTime video for on a phone. It had a strong CPU built in and shipped with a mature operating system, allowing multitasking and app folders. It was a great...

What I Learned About Claude Code So Far The Liquid Engineer – Issue No. 38 I’m still amazed at Claude Code’s performance in my codebase. Within days, I rewrote what took weeks before. Here’s what I learned in the last days: CLAUDE.md’s are important Where the README.md is targeted at humans getting up to speed with a project, the CLAUDE.md is the same for coding agents. This is my starting point, which tells Claude to update the Claude.md. After all, he’s the agent, so he should know best...