Tutorials

A beginner-friendly walkthrough of installing Claude Code from scratch on Windows, macOS, and Linux, including the desktop app option that skips the terminal entirely and the few things that trip people up.

Learning the fundamentals sounds like a separate project that competes with shipping, which is why vibe coders keep putting it off. Here's a more realistic path: use the tool you already use all day as your teacher.

That yellow warning about your CLAUDE.md crossing 40K characters is worth taking seriously, but the most common fix people reach for doesn't actually solve the problem. Here's what does.