Getting started with Claude Code: from install to your first request
Install the coding agent that runs in your terminal and hand it your first task.
Assumes basic terminal skills
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Implementation guides, design thinking and troubleshooting. Find them by context and code.
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Writing CLAUDE.md: stop explaining things every time
Where to put it, how to write it, how long it should be, and what to use when you need to enforce a rule.
For people who have used Claude Code once
Permissions and modes: deciding what to hand over to Claude Code
Permission modes that set how often it asks, the evaluation order of allow/ask/deny rules, and the wildcard pitfall.
For people who have used Claude Code once
Practical workflows: investigate, fix, and split the work
Plan mode, subagents, worktrees and PR creation: a way of working that follows everyday tasks.
For people who have used Claude Code once
I tried to make Claude Code read my .env: a Read deny rule still leaked through grep -r and Python
An experiment making Claude Code actually read a .env with fake keys. CLAUDE.md was obeyed and a Read deny stopped cat, but grep -r and Python slipped past it. Only the sandbox stopped everything.
For people who have used Claude Code once
Mental health for engineers: what you can do before you burn out
How to recognize burnout, a way to notice early and step back in small ways, and where to turn so you don’t carry it alone.
For people who are running out of slack
git worktree: one working folder per branch
How to open several branches at once from a single repository, without stashing or cloning.
For people comfortable with basic Git commands
Keeping an AI agent out of production: the AI writes code; a person merges, runs production and types secrets
A record of taking a change from database to production deployment with Claude Code. The AI wrote code and checked it locally; a person merged, ran production and entered secrets. What actually went wrong, and why it still did no harm.
For people starting to use Claude Code on a real service