Claude tips for 3D work - Dave Snider

Lessons learned from piloting in the third dimension

March 13, 2026 Although I’m sometimes uneasy about it, Claude Code is an invaluable tool for my current projects. I still occasionally hand write code in NeoVim on the bits I care the most about (CSS, design and early architecture like API patterns), but I now leave most of the actual code writing to the machine once I have the skeleton up. That’s not to say I think the code it outputs is always great. I perform a heavy dose of sanitation after the fact, though even that is done through more suggestions to Claude. I do watch the edit feed live, and have built up the skill of speed reading…

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