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That's why i love it for hobby projects: "man it sure would be great if the Linux kernel did this thing, if only i knew C... Oh right, the LLM knows C, i can make Linux do this even if i don't know how"

That's great. I don't care how it works, i just want the result for this specific personal project. Great. Whatever i learn about the kernel along the way is just icing.

At work, though, i NEED to know how it works, i need to be able to explain and defend it, i need to be able to expand on it. Sure if Claude Code can speed that up, great, but i can't just "let it rip" the way I might just prompt and pray with a hobby project.

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