I first tried Claude Code in the desktop app, but I kept losing track of where I was in the project. Once I switched to VS Code, it felt much easier to work with.
I noticed this most while building an LLM Wiki. I was constantly moving between Markdown files, folders, and internal links. In VS Code, I could keep the file tree open, edit a page, check Claude’s changes, and use the terminal without jumping between windows. It also made broken links and misplaced files much easier to catch.
For a project with lots of files and a clear structure, VS Code is still where Claude Code works best for me.
Claude Sonnet 5.5 is Anthropic’s faster, more cost-efficient AI model for everyday coding and knowledge work.
It tackles slow, expensive task completion by running over 30% faster than Sonnet 5 and lowering task costs by up to 30%. It combines speed, cost efficiency, and stronger performance for coding and knowledge-work tasks.
Features & Benefits
30%+ faster than Sonnet 5
Up to 30% lower task costs
Stronger coding and knowledge-work performance
Works across code, bug fixes, documents, slides, and design
Built for users working on code, bug fixes, documents, slides, and design.
Get Started
Claude Sonnet 5.5 is now available on all platforms, including Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure.
Developers can get started on the Claude Platform with claude-sonnet-5-5. If you run Sonnet with thinking off, you’ll need to switch to the new between_tools setting, which keeps up-front thinking off, before moving to Sonnet 5.5.
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@rohanrecommends the speed and lower cost are what stand out to me here especially for everyday coding tasks where you run the model a lot