I use cline + Anthropic and Google models with a custom .clinerules for frontend react + typescript. I manually tag relevant files into context
- Gemini 2.5 pro tries to fix and refactor my entire codebase unless I aggressively constrain it, which is too much work. I've written it off as unusable for coding, but can be fine for educational purposes
- For AI IDE coding, I narrow down the scope of what I ask so Gemini 2.0 Flash or Haiku can handle it. I've haven't seen better results switching to paid models.
- For generating large swaths of code, I recently went back to copy/pasting into Claude Projects, with my github project hooked up and relevant files added to context. For a moderately complex component, it usually takes 5-15 generated versions to work, though I end up adjusting my specs a bit in the process. This is still faster than using the agent. Claude Code might get similar results, but I already pay for Anthropic so haven't tried it out.
- If I'm picking up a new library, concept, or pattern, I usually chat with Claude to level up my knowledge. The "Plan" mode in cline focuses more on task execution than skill development.
- Gemini 2.5 pro tries to fix and refactor my entire codebase unless I aggressively constrain it, which is too much work. I've written it off as unusable for coding, but can be fine for educational purposes
- For AI IDE coding, I narrow down the scope of what I ask so Gemini 2.0 Flash or Haiku can handle it. I've haven't seen better results switching to paid models.
- For generating large swaths of code, I recently went back to copy/pasting into Claude Projects, with my github project hooked up and relevant files added to context. For a moderately complex component, it usually takes 5-15 generated versions to work, though I end up adjusting my specs a bit in the process. This is still faster than using the agent. Claude Code might get similar results, but I already pay for Anthropic so haven't tried it out.
- If I'm picking up a new library, concept, or pattern, I usually chat with Claude to level up my knowledge. The "Plan" mode in cline focuses more on task execution than skill development.
I'm open to suggestions on what to try next!