How I Use Claude Code
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Boris Tane's practitioner blog post laying out a research-plan-annotate-implement workflow built around one core principle: never let Claude write code until you've reviewed and approved a written plan.md file, with an 'annotation cycle' where he adds inline notes directly into the plan document rather than steering through chat.
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Posted Feb 10, 2026, by Boris Tane. He describes using Claude Code as his primary development tool for about 9 months, with a workflow he says is radically different from the type-a-prompt, use-plan-mode, fix-errors loop most developers follow. His core principle: never let Claude write code until you've reviewed and approved a written plan. This separation of planning and execution is, he argues, the single most important thing he does.
Phase 1 — Research: every meaningful task starts with a deep-read directive ("read this folder in depth, understand how it works deeply... write a detailed report of your learnings in research.md"), always written to a persistent markdown file rather than a…
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Boris Tane's practitioner blog post laying out a research-plan-annotate-implement workflow built around one core principle: never let Claude write code until you've reviewed and approved a written plan.md file, with an 'annotation cycle' where he adds inline notes directly into the plan document rat…
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