Turning Claude Code into My Best Design Partner
17 days ago
- #Collaborative Design
- #Workflow Optimization
- #AI Development
- Initial naive approach to using Claude Code involved direct task descriptions and fixes, which doesn't scale for complex tasks.
- Problems with the naive approach include conversation as the only source of truth and context size limitations leading to forgotten information.
- Experimented with creating a plan document as the source of truth, clearing conversations to start fresh with the plan.
- Initial plan creation involves describing the feature, referencing existing files, and avoiding too many implementation details to encourage design contributions.
- Plan documents include rephrased feature descriptions, implementation details with code snippets, and quality check commands.
- Collaborative design process involves challenging and refining the plan, similar to discussing with a junior colleague or rubber duck debugging.
- Living document approach updates the plan during implementation to reflect changes and maintain context across sessions.
- Review process involves checking progress against the plan, with the document serving as both specification and implementation log.
- This workflow improves clarity, addresses context limits, and enhances architectural thinking, making AI a collaborative design partner.