If the company making hammers can't hold it right, it suggests something about t...

arcanemachiner · 2026-05-19T15:19:29 1779203969

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

embedding-shape · 2026-05-19T15:15:43 1779203743

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.

knollimar · 2026-05-19T18:45:38 1779216338

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_ · 2026-05-19T23:42:24 1779234144

> 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.

godelski · 2026-05-20T02:20:58 1779243658

  > No, it just means Microsoft is bad at products

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