It's not just tools. Pretty much all software is like that.

The problem is, is that it works, if you assume "working" means the software sellers get wealthy.

There's a reason that most waitstaff wear black. They should blend into the background, and not be what the folks at the table are talking about. In rare instances, restaurants exist, where the waitstaff is the service.

In software, though, you're being served by a waiter wearing a clown suit, screaming slogans at you, and serving you lukewarm, pre-chewed goo.

> A hammer would never ask you to think about it constantly

A table saw does tho.

From a Casey m podcast I think of agentic driven software dev as code extrusion. I guide and massage the steady output of content