@chase_ai_: I mass accepted 10,000+ changes before learning these the hard way. Mistake #1: Skipping Plan Mode I'd describe what I wanted and let Claude start coding immediately. Huge mistake. It's way easier to fix a bad plan than bad code. Now I hit Shift+Tab twice before every feature. Claude plans in read-only mode. I review. I adjust. Then I let it execute. The devs who skip planning to "save time" spend 3x longer fixing mistakes. Mistake #2: One Giant Prompt I used to dump everything into one message. "Build me an app that does X, Y, Z with A, B, C features and also..." Claude gets dumber the more you add. Context rot is real. The 10,000th token isn't treated the same as the 10th. Now I break everything into atomic tasks. One feature per session. /clear between phases. Never exceed 60% of the context window. Mistake #3: Trusting "Done!" Claude says "Done!" with confidence. I accepted. I moved on. Then I'd find half-finished code. Tests that pass but test nothing. Files that got renamed for no reason. "Done" doesn't mean done. Now I verify everything. If Claude says it's complete, I check the actual files. Trust but verify. These three mistakes cost me hours. Don't repeat them.

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