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Open-source creator Jason warns that generating HTML via Claude Code spends up to 40% of tokens on structural markup

Anthropic's Thariq Shihipar originally shared the non-technical workflow.

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OPThariq#861Thariq@TRQ212

the basic trick to using Claude Code for non-technical work is to put a bunch of files in a folder and tell it can write scripts + make HTML

12:56 PM · May 26, 2026 View on X
QUOTE POSTjason#929jason@JXNLCO

Big token wants you to spend 40% tokens in

<div> tags

ThariqThariq@trq212

the basic trick to using Claude Code for non-technical work is to put a bunch of files in a folder and tell it can write scripts + make HTML

7:56 PM · May 26, 2026 · 86.7K Views
9:21 PM · May 26, 2026 · 21.2K Views
REPLYMatthew Berman#1759Matthew Berman@MATTHEWBERMAN

@jxnlco big token 🤣

aren't you big token??

jasonjason@jxnlco

Big token wants you to spend 40% tokens in <div> tags

9:21 PM · May 26, 2026 · 21.2K Views
10:08 PM · May 26, 2026 · 325 Views
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