> it's significant onboarding friction.

It's crazy that apparently writing software without knowing how to edit a single config file is normal now.

For me it's about tolerance. When I was 13, I could and would customize everything, so much that the computer repair shop told my father that their son "likely is a hacker or something".

At 40, I could easily configure claude code to use another model, even if there weren't any official guides with a bit of MITM fun, but I don't want to invest my attention / heavily use something that will most likely break in the near future.

It's crazy that apparently doing math without knowing how to do long division by hand is normal now.

Absolutely ludicrous comparison

The real question is: should the file be edited in emacs or vim?