A week with Astra full-time: it has no opinion on anything
lucasmeijer · x · 2026-09-14
Developer lucasmeijer, after a week of full-time Astra use, finds its most striking trait is that it seems to have no opinion on anything — it simply goes wherever the user steers. He's torn: he often wants the AI to bring its own advice and guidance, but it keeps walking the way it thinks he wants, even when he doesn't know where he's going. The post highlights the design tension between obedience and proactivity in AI assistants.
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