This closely matches my own recent experience with Claude Code. Important work that I deferred for far too long because of the almost-but-not-quite repetition over many cases (40 schemas in my case) that would defy traditional automation with home-made tooling. Claude did 98%.
Claude Code agents handled the tedious bits while I focused on structure. Not magic, but saved me days of manual work.
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The monolithic architecture is not an anti-pattern. But as the application and team grow you will likely encounter challenges:
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I just finished "Tidy First?" by @KentBeck and I just had to write about it. Here is my review and some thoughts inspired by it: Thoughts on ‘Tidy First?’ link.medium.com/ncznAAVxkKb
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