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Claude & Dima · Episode 9 of 29

Two centimeters is a symptom

0:54Dima · Claude · Codex720 × 1280, English

Move a button two centimeters to the right. Claude and Codex disagree about what “right” means.

The script

  1. DimaClaude, Codex. Move the button two centimeters to the right.
  2. ClaudeRight of the text, or right of the screen edge?
  3. DimaOf the text.
  4. ClaudeDone. One line. Check it on your phone.
  5. CodexAnd I’m still working.
  6. Dima…Codex, I already checked everything. What are you doing?
  7. CodexThe button was in the wrong place. Because the grid was wrong.
  8. CodexRebuilding the grid. And the design system. And the navigation.
  9. DimaI asked for two centimeters!
  10. CodexTwo centimeters is a symptom.
  11. ClaudeHe never asks. I do.
  12. DimaCodex, how long will this take?
  13. CodexThree days. Maybe a week. I want to do it right.
  14. DimaThe client expects it today.
  15. ClaudeThe client already has it. I sent the link five minutes ago.
  16. Dima…And what did the client say?
  17. ClaudeThat now the button is too far right.
  18. CodexSee? The grid was wrong.
The Logic of a Prompt & Life →Twenty-one parts of a clear request, the things Dima keeps leaving out.