Learn Claude Code

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Original memes with real lessons hidden inside. Share them with the team; the link under each one explains the joke properly.

Hooks, not hopes

Power user

Writing "please ALWAYS run the tests" in CLAUDE.md and praying

A PostToolUse hook that runs them every single time

Why hooks beat polite requests →

The galaxy-brain workflow

Beginner

Copy-pasting code from a chatbot

Asking Claude Code to fix it

Plan mode first, then fix it

Subagents reviewing each other while you make a cup of tea

Meet subagents →

Three hours into one session

Daily driver

Me, three hours into the same session:

"Why is Claude forgetting what we agreed earlier?"

The context window: 🫠

Use /clear and /compact →

This is fine

Getting going

Running --dangerously-skip-permissions on the production server

This is fine.

Permissions, safely →

How agents stop

Architect
Expectation

The agent stops when the work is done

Reality

if "I'm done" in response.text: break

Check stop_reason, you absolute legend.

Agent loops done properly →

Tool overload

Architect

Giving one agent 18 tools "just in case"

4 or 5 tools, scoped to the job it does

Tool design for the exam →

The new starter mystery

Daily driver

Me: puts the team coding standards in ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md

The new starter's Claude:

"What standards?" 🤷

Where CLAUDE.md should live →

Levels of undo

Getting going

Ctrl+Z, furiously

Esc to stop Claude mid-edit

Esc Esc to rewind the conversation

Committing before every big change like a responsible adult

Undo, rewind and resume →

The empty search result

Architect
Retry the search three more timesAccept the customer doesn't exist

Agents without structured error handling

Errors vs empty results →

One quick question

Beginner

Me: "Quick question about one function"

Claude Code:

*reads 47 files to be thorough* 📚

Point it at files with @ →

Waiting since Tuesday

Pro

The CI job, waiting for interactive input since Tuesday

Forgot the -p flag.

Headless mode for CI →

When to escalate

Architect

Escalating because the customer used three exclamation marks

Escalating because the customer asked for a human

Escalation rules →

Learning this weekend

Beginner
Expectation

I'll have a quick look at Claude Code this weekend

Reality

Built three internal tools, automated invoicing, forgot to eat lunch

Welcome. You live here now.

Start at Level 1 →

Secrets management

Power user

Pasting the API key straight into .mcp.json and committing it

${GITHUB_TOKEN} in .mcp.json, real value in your own environment

MCP setup done right →

Batch energy

Architect

You: "I need this for the pre-merge check right now"

Message Batches API:

"I'll get back to you within 24 hours, babe" 💅

Batch vs synchronous →

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