Perhaps the most telling part of this transcript is Tristan Hume, a prolific and talented programmer, and presumably an expert performance engineer, is repeatedly saying "this thing just doesn't work that well yet" or "it's just not there yet" and everyone else is kind of just fawning over it.

"It actually made something that worked. But when I tried using it, I found I didn’t like it. I need to wait for a Claude that has the taste ..."

Yes, I am familiar with that experience.