Both "better coffee" and "faster code" are measurable targets. Somewhat vaguely defined, but nobody is stopping the Barista or Claude from asking clarifying que

Both "better coffee" and "faster code" are measurable targets. Somewhat vaguely defined, but nobody is stopping the Barista or Claude from asking clarifying questions. If I gave a human this task I would expect them to transform the vague goal into measurable metrics, confirm that the metrics match customer (==my) expectations then measure their improvements on these metrics. This kind of stuff is a major topic for MBAs, but it's really not beyond what you could expect from a programmer or a barista. If I ask you for a better coffee, what you deliver should be better on some metric you can name, otherwise it's simply not better. Bonus points if it's better in a way I care about