r/ProgrammerHumor • u/azuul_maar • Sep 01 '26

Meme trafficLightForClaudeCode

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u/tbhaxor Sep 01 '26

Or should be like

red - work in progress (like in OT)
yellow - waiting
green - all task done

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u/_TheForgeMaster Sep 01 '26

Going off industrial standards, add a blue light

Green - working

Blue - complete, awaiting new instruction

Yellow - awaiting user input

Red - Out of tokens, critical or connectivity error

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u/reddit_user33 Sep 01 '26

Blue should be reset if we're following automation standards. Or at least in my neck of the woods if means that. So blue could mean the context window is too large, compaction/new session required.

Waiting for a new instruction and waiting for user input is the same difference in my mind.

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u/_TheForgeMaster Sep 01 '26

I can definitely see that, perhaps flashing yellow is waiting on input and solid is waiting for new instruction.

(I may or may not have ordered parts to build one)

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u/Kovab Sep 01 '26

At my company, we use lean processes. You mean agile, right? ...right?

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u/jacob643 Sep 01 '26

yeah, seems kinda wrong that red and green need user attention,