# How I use Claude Code by Boris Tane

5 Hacker News commenters recommended How I use Claude Code by Boris Tane and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend this post for a structured method of working with Claude Code that separates planning from execution, which several readers say they adopted or built on.

## Why people recommend it

- Separates planning from execution (2 comments): "this separation of planning and execution is the single most important thing I do" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47311640)) "it operationalizes Polya's classic problem-solving recipe for the age of AI-assisted coding" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47110974))
- Structured method for AI-assisted coding (2 comments): "it operationalizes Polya's classic problem-solving recipe for the age of AI-assisted coding" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47110974)) "The beginnings of that sustainable approach is already out there" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47358671))
- Adopted as a personal workflow (2 comments): "My current thinking is based on boris tanes formalised method of coding with Claude code." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47213980)) "I use the same approach, derived off of" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47228822))
- Clarified readers' own thinking (2 comments): "this post I found on HN a couple of weeks ago really solidified it" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47314162)) "My current thinking is based on boris tanes formalised method of coding with Claude code." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47213980))

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## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "How I use Claude Code by Boris Tane", https://hackerapproved.com/p/how-i-use-claude-code/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).