This "slot machine" metaphor is played out. If you're just entering a coin's worth of information and nudging it over and over in the hopes of getting something good, that's a you problem, not a Claude problem.

If, on the other hand, you treat it like a hyper-competent collaborator, and follow good project management and development practices, you're golden.

> If, on the other hand, you treat it like a hyper-competent collaborator, and follow good project management and development practices, you're golden.

I am consistently using 100% of my weekly $200 max plan. I know how this thing works, I know how to get value out of it, and I wish what you said were true.

If you do all of these things? You are in a better spot. You are in a far better spot than if you hadn't! Setting up hooks to ensure notes get written? Massive win! Red-green TDD? Yes, please! But in terms of just ... well, being able to rely on the damn thing?

https://github.com/ctoth/claude-failures

_hyper-competent collaborator who may completely make things up occasionally and will sometimes give different answers to the same question*_

Life is full of variable reward schemes. Probably why we evolved to be so enamoured by them.

In a healthy environment. We are harmed more by being totally risk adverse. Than by accepting risk as part of life and work.