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I cannot decipher what you mean, have you mixed up the tabs, and wanted to post this somewhere else?

The linked site is a pretty good interactive Claude tutorial for beginners.

I don't understand the purpose of a tutorial for a natural language ai system.

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.

Claude Code is a tool that uses natural language ai systems. It itself is not a natural language ai system.

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.

Ok? I'm just explaining what claude code is, not pontificating about the capabilities of AI.

sounds like you might benefit from a tutorial!

Nope, why would anybody type commands to a machine that does natural language processing? Just tell the thing what you want.

"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...

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?

Why do I need to tell the machine to compact its context? This feels like homework and/or ceremony.

Because the machine is a tool and tools use proper and improper usage.

Good point, but IMHO the learning material for this should be the basics of LLM.

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