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Claude Code now reads AGENTS.md if there is no Claude.md

741 points · 285 comments · datadrivenangel

chr15m · 1789776137 · focus · HN ↗
This is simply the obvious, non-stupid thing to do, like Apple switching to USB-C.
1. denverllc · 1789778225 · focus · HN ↗
  Apple didn’t want to, it was forced to.
  1. jen20 · 1789789829 · focus · HN ↗
    [Citation needed]
    specked-citrus · 1789790151 · focus · HN ↗
    <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/26/apple-confirms-iphone-to-get-usb-c-charging-to-comply-with-eu-law.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/26/apple-confirms-iphone-to-get...
    jen20 · 1789796009 · focus · HN ↗
    OK so why ship it in the US? The phones sold in the EU vs US already differ with respect to SIM card slots.
    onion2k · 1789802784 · focus · HN ↗
    From a design and manufacturing point of view you want everything to be identical. Differences are expensive.
    From a profit maximization standpoint you want identical phones that can't easily be sold across market borders. Usually that's done in software (e.g. region locked video games), but that can usually be cracked, so a single design difference is the best solution. A great example is Nintendo's cartridge slot shapes that were different in each region despite the hardware being the same.
    Apple had lightning everywhere; they were forced to change to USB-C. Therefore they changed to USB-C everywhere. The market protection design change remains the sim slot.
    tstrimple · 1789876150 · focus · HN ↗
    We see this more locally in the US as well. There's something called the California effect. California emission standards were more strict than the rest of the country, but it didn't make sense to make California only vehicles and then vehicles for the rest of the country. So automakers built to the California standards and residents in all of the other states got to benefit from cleaner air as a result.

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