As a research project, I built a needed tool with Claude Code. I thought it would be a disaster, but it wasn't. I have some complicated feelings about it.

https://taggart-tech.com/reckoning/

I used AI. It worked. I hated it.

I used Claude Code to build a tool I needed. It worked great, but I was miserable. I need to reckon with what it means.

@mttaggart
Thanks for the write-up. An interesting if tricky read. I find myself in a similar place. If we don’t become knowledgeable about these tools, able to map out failure modes and boundaries, and identify how they should be delimited and defanged, we effectively cede the floor to evangelists who won’t know or care.