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The following might sound weird. But it's more evident than *ever* that code assisting tools lead me to *instant* debt. Yeah, I know, I'm doing it wrong. Hold on. When I fix their mess, I realize like these *products* are *designed* to behave like this. It's very subtle and *very* dangerous.

Think: does it feel like these tools offer just *selfless help*, or are they maybe, *just maybe*, operating an *hostile takeover*? A manipulative, subtle, silent, and $1T marketed takeover? Notice how I am not referring to LLMs in general. I'm speaking about these *products* specifically.

All this would explain why most folks in the industry have this "soul sucking" feeling. And yeah, I know, I know. Let me get my tinfoil hat, sure. But it's been years now, and damn, it's so obvious to me. I can't possibly be the only one forming this thought.

I think it's time that, just like when we investigated the psychological design choices social networks made, I think we should do the same for Claude Code, Codex, and the such. ASAP.

Obviously I recognize LLMs have their place. These *products* are.. way more than that. They are designed to come after *our* emergent abilities, so we lean towards *their* artificial ones, so we can *trust* them, and - most importantly - so we can throw away our problem solving *confidence*.

See how I do *not* feel threatened, job-wise? Hell, since 2022, income has doubled. Investments are good. For now (:D). Here, instead, I am saying: we're being *predated* by trillion dollar companies. They want the means of production of the millennia: creative and critical thinking.

Like, all around me, slowly but steadly, I can see friends, colleagues, CTOs (et. al.) being more and more dependent on... them. I've even read the following recently: >what LLMs do you guys use to edit your spreadsheets? ????? like, try this?