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0 pointsembedding-shape6d ago0 comments

That's just poor engineering, product building and testing, same can happen with/without LLMs, no doubt.

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knollimar6d ago

If the company making hammers can't hold it right, it suggests something about the hammers, no?

arcanemachiner6d ago

In the case of Claude Code, it suggest a lot about the company making the hammers.

embedding-shapeOP6d ago

Yeah, they have bad engineers, product people and testers.

Microsoft is pretty shit at launching products, does that mean "products" as a concept is wrong? No, it just means Microsoft is bad at products, not more than that. Not sure why you have to extrapolate over an entire ecosystem just because one actor is bad at something.

knollimar6d ago

Products isn't the analogy, but in my example it would say something about microsofts tooling and processes.

I wouldn't trust a toolmaker who doesn't know how to use the tools decently.

_carbyau_6d ago

> I wouldn't trust a toolmaker who doesn't know how to use the tools decently.

I agree but would extend that qualification:

I wouldn't trust a toolmaker who doesn't know how to use the tools decently for exactly the same field of expertise.

godelski6d ago

  > No, it just means Microsoft is bad at products

FYI, that's what people are saying...

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knollimar6d ago

If the company making hammers can't hold it right, it suggests something about the hammers, no?

arcanemachiner6d ago

In the case of Claude Code, it suggest a lot about the company making the hammers.

embedding-shapeOP6d ago

Yeah, they have bad engineers, product people and testers.

knollimar6d ago

Products isn't the analogy, but in my example it would say something about microsofts tooling and processes.

I wouldn't trust a toolmaker who doesn't know how to use the tools decently.

_carbyau_6d ago

> I wouldn't trust a toolmaker who doesn't know how to use the tools decently.

I agree but would extend that qualification:

I wouldn't trust a toolmaker who doesn't know how to use the tools decently for exactly the same field of expertise.

godelski6d ago

  > No, it just means Microsoft is bad at products

FYI, that's what people are saying...

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