I started using Claude Code a few months ago. Within the first week, I shipped more features than in the entire previous month. New API endpoints, refactored components, automated tests - all done in hours instead of days.
The Trap
When building is cheap and fast, everything feels worth building. I'd start the morning planning to fix a critical bug, then midway through ask Claude to "also add dark mode while we're at it." By Friday, I'd shipped eight features nobody asked for and the bug was still there.
Speed without direction is just organized chaos. I was busy every day and making zero progress on what actually mattered.