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I don't understand the purpose of a tutorial for a natural language ai system.
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That's like saying there's no point in attending a lecture on "how to get the best out of your time at University" because University courses are taught in spoken language so you could just ask the professors.
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Claude Code is a tool that uses natural language ai systems. It itself is not a natural language ai system.
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The idea that AI can write code like a seasoned software developer but not being able to use its own tooling that can be learned through 11 chapters tutorial doesn't make any sense.
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sounds like you might benefit from a tutorial!
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Nope, why would anybody type commands to a machine that does natural language processing? Just tell the thing what you want.
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"Part of the initial excitement in programming is easy to explain: just the fact that when you tell the computer to do something, it will do it. Unerringly. Forever. Without a complaint.

And that’s interesting in itself.

But blind obedience on its own, while initially fascinating, obviously does not make for a very likeable companion. What makes programming so engaging is that, while you can make the computer do what you want, you have to figure out how."[0]

- [0] https://www.brynmawr.edu/inside/academic-information/departm...

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Yes, but you gotta learn what is possible.

I wouldn't have the thought to say to the machine to compact its context if I didn't know it has context and it can be compacted, right?

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Why do I need to tell the machine to compact its context? This feels like homework and/or ceremony.
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Because the machine is a tool and tools use proper and improper usage.
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Good point, but IMHO the learning material for this should be the basics of LLM.
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