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@levork@graphics.social

2026-07-27 00:17 UTC

It's old, it's creaky, okay, it's missing AC and you're probably going to die when it hits 100 in the summer (which happens all too often these days), but dammit, it's charming and it's artsy and you will die defending the seventeen layers of paint that have accrued in the living room (or you're just too scared to sand it because of lead paint). It's lived in and it's comfortable. Whereas if you've looked at Claude generated code, like I've had to for the past six months, it's... 
(8/10)

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  • @levork@graphics.social 2026-07-27 00:17

    A very efficient modern house with white walls and triple paned windows and an open concept kitchen?

Ok. I think the housing analogy breaks down.
 Look, I'm not saying there's a "Live Laugh Love" sign on the wall, but whatever it is, it's not an interesting personality. It's sterile? Obsequious? Verbose? There's no typo or quirk that immediately recalls an interesting whiteboard discussion in the author's office. It's just code and comments repeating what the code does. (9/10)

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