When "technically true" becomes "actually misleading"

Worst Take of the Week: Tyler Austin Harper, please download Claude Code

When "technically true" becomes "actually misleading" Worst Take of the Week: Tyler Austin Harper, please download Claude Code Kelsey Piper Feb 13, 2026 350 73 64 Share Worst Take of the Week is a new occasional column where the author will rant about something we found stupid, annoying, bad, and/or irritating. While the title of this column was necessary for palindromic reasons, we cannot promise that entries will come out weekly or that each piece will literally be the worst take that week; this column would be boring and repetitive if each week we explained why genocide is bad in response t

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