In my experience, trying to make a plan/specs that really match what I want often ends in a struggle with Claude trying to regress to the mean.
Also it’s so easy to write code that I always have tons of ideas I end up implementing that diverge from the original plan…
- It was definitely not one CC session. In fact, this spec is a spin-off of several other specs on several other branches/projects.
- I've actually experienced quite the opposite: I suggest an idea for the spec and Claude says "great idea!" Then I change my mind and go in the opposite direction: "great idea!" again. Once in a while, I have to argue with Claude to get my idea implemented (like adding dependencies to parse into a proper AST instead of regex.)
- One tip: it's very useful to explain the "why" to Claude vs the "what." In fact, if you just explain the why/problem without a specific solution, Claude's suggestions may surprise you!