"To misuse a woodworking metaphor, I think we're experiencing a shift from hand tools to power tools. You still need someone who understands the basics to get good results from the tools, but they're not chiseling fine furniture by hand anymore. They're throwing heaps of wood through the tablesaw instead. More productive, but more likely to lose a finger if you're not careful." – mrmincent, Hacker News comment on Claude Code, via Simon Willison If, like me, you work in web development, desi...
