Collation of Claude Code Best Practices – V2
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The author has updated their collation of Claude Code best practices to v2, incorporating feedback and separating general software engineering best practices from agentic coding specific ones, with the community showing appreciation for the effort.
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TOC: 1. Executive Summary
2. Sources
3. General Software Engineering Best Practices
3.1. Test-Driven Development (TDD)
3.2. Continuous Quality Gates
3.3. Code Review - Including AI’s Own Work
3.4. Incremental Commits with Clear Messages
3.5. Monorepo Architecture
4. Core Recommendations by Category
4.1. Context Management (Most Critical)
4.2. Planning \& Architecture
4.3. Tool Usage \& Automation
4.4. Workflow Optimization
4.5. Production Code Quality
4.6. Advanced Patterns
4.7. Testing Authenticated Routes
4.8. Architecture \& Design
5. Contradictions \& Trade-offs
5.1. Skills vs Context Bloat
5.2. Custom Subagents vs Clone Pattern
5.3. Auto-Formatting Hooks
5.4. Planning Mode vs Manual Plans
5.5. Documentation Volume
6. Appendices