Claude Design and What It Reveals About How Anthropic Thinks (or Doesn't Think) About Developers

There's a belief baked into the dev community that Anthropic is "the AI company that actually cares about developers." And I say this with full respect — I think that narrative is seriously incomplete. I'm not saying it's a lie. I'm saying it's a half-truth that hides a real tension between two versions of the same product: the Claude that shows up in press releases, and the Claude I use every day when I'm writing code at 2AM with three terminals open and a problem that refuses to close. A pos...