AI AND SOFTWARE
Claude
Writing and code
The model I write and think with — long documents, code review and turning messy notes into something readable.
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- Pricing
- Free tier available; Pro around $20/month, Max tiers for heavy usage.
- Best for
- Long-form writing, careful editing and reading large codebases or documents.
Why I use it
Claude handles long context better than anything else in my stack. I can paste a whole route file, a schema and a half-finished draft and get an answer that respects all three.
How I use it
- First drafts and edits for notes and landing-page copy.
- Reviewing code before I ship: what breaks, what's unclear.
- Restructuring research into an outline I can actually work from.
What it costs me
One subscription replaces a lot of small tools. Worth it if you write daily.
What works
- + Huge context window — whole files at once
- + Writing quality needs less cleanup
- + Strong at explaining its reasoning
What doesn’t
- − Usage limits bite on heavy days
- − No built-in live web research on lower tiers
- − Will still invent details if you let it
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