Claude Code: CLI or desktop app? Heavy users trade tips and workarounds

Ok_Elk5374 · reddit · 2026-10-13

A Reddit thread debates how to run Claude Code: the author prefers the CLI for keeping coding separate from chat, but notes the desktop app wins for pasting images over SSH and previewing/clicking generated file links. Feeling he's using only half of what the CLI offers, he asks heavy users for their best commands, settings, and workflows.

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