Grep Plus Claude: Using colgrep to Catch Dumb Code Patterns the Model Misses
antoine_chaffin · x · 2026-09-30
antoinechaffin shares a hands-on workflow: after having Claude review code, the team used colgrep to hunt for 'stupid' patterns like repeatedly hashing the same objects — and found plenty of occurrences Claude hadn't flagged. They think this model-plus-grep combo could be a gateway to keeping code quality consistently higher. The tongue-in-cheek 'GREP is all you need' framing makes the point: precise text search and LLM review are complementary, not substitutes.
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