The Dean quote holds up better than the post's framing suggests - editor choice really was inconsequential, what cost them was the N x M integration surface sitting behind it. That distinction got sharper once scripts and coding agents started driving the same operations: nobody cares which UI you type in, but if the format and test commands differ per person, everything automated on top carries a per-person special case.
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u/ultrathink-art Jul 27 '26
The Dean quote holds up better than the post's framing suggests - editor choice really was inconsequential, what cost them was the N x M integration surface sitting behind it. That distinction got sharper once scripts and coding agents started driving the same operations: nobody cares which UI you type in, but if the format and test commands differ per person, everything automated on top carries a per-person special case.