For a while, I treated Claude like a fancy autocomplete — ask a question, paste the answer, move on. That approach worked, but it wasn't until I slowed down and treated it more like a thinking partner that things actually clicked for my day-to-day backend work.
The Mistake Most People Make 🙈
The biggest mistake I see (and made myself) is asking for a finished answer instead of walking through the problem. When I just say "write me a FastAPI endpoint," I get generic code. When I explain the actual constraint — the schema, the edge case, why the last approach broke — I get something I can actually ship.
Three Small Habits That Made a Big Difference ✨
Claude vs. Gemini: My Honest, No-Hype Take ⚖️
