Using Claude Code is still 'VERY frustrating', says founder amid hype over superhuman coding claims
robleclerc · x · 2026-10-17
Responding to claims that Claude Code outperforms the best programmers he's worked with, Rob Leclerc notes he sees such posts daily — yet actually using Claude/Astra remains a VERY frustrating experience. His take: today's AI coding output is held together with 'duct tape and bad carpentry', and once code is truly solved, we'll build 'cathedrals of code' we can't yet imagine.
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