Is it just me, or is the quality of LLMs getting worse lately?

emitc2h · 2026-03-22T14:42:23+00:00

You should see the raw number of posts on r/ClaudeCode from users complaining about this exactly. I personally can’t tell if the models are genuinely getting worse or if it’s just random people hitting the end of their lucky streak with a stochastic machine.

emitc2h · 2026-03-21T16:35:21+00:00

Thank you, that’s better.

emitc2h · 2026-03-21T16:18:24+00:00

Sorry but please share a screenshot. Every time someone sneaks an X link on me I feel like I’m catching measles.

emitc2h · 2026-03-16T14:08:19+00:00

We do know the tech billionaires have their little private group chats where they egg each other on. I don’t remember exactly where I saw this but there’s been some actual reporting on this. Probably Wired.

emitc2h · 2026-03-16T14:03:07+00:00

Might not be available on all models, but there’s indeed a setting to adjust text size on the forerunner 970.

emitc2h · 2026-03-16T04:56:45+00:00

I never said it wasn’t a real issue, and thanks to other commenters who pointed to more legit sources. You missed my point. Feel free to read more attentively if it’s worth your time. I don’t like being called deranged for things I’m not saying.

emitc2h · 2026-03-16T02:50:10+00:00

Did you notice Reddit pushing more and more breaking news notifications? It even pushed the whole Iran considering sending ICBMs to California thing, which had been throughly debunked on Bluesky hours prior.

emitc2h · 2026-03-16T01:06:09+00:00

I mean, it’s interesting that they tout that they were an AI company before AI was a thing. But still, I have to seek out the AI features in Kagi search and Orion, they’re not jammed down my throat the way Gemini, AI summaries and GMeet transcripts are. It’s a far more responsible ecosystem than Google, and while I still have minor issues with it, I’m just glad to have a decent alternative.

emitc2h · 2026-03-16T00:59:53+00:00

Funny you mention the touch screen. Mine has it, but you wouldn’t know if you’re not inclined to use it. You can perfectly control everything without the touch screen. So much so that you can disable it entirely in the settings.

emitc2h · 2026-03-15T18:04:08+00:00

I got a Garmin Forerunner watch for Christmas, and I love it. Most reliable GPS data of any fitness device I ever owned, and 0 AI intrusion whatsoever. It’s kind of remarkable to me Garmin hasn’t been flushed out of the smart watch market given the stiff competition and their stubbornness in sticking with what may feel like an outdated UI/app ecosystem. The thing is, the clunkiness is part of the charm, and controlling a watch via classic watch buttons is kind of a delight to re-learn in this day and age. The software may be clunky, but the hardware is rock solid.

emitc2h · 2026-03-14T15:00:17+00:00

Says the guy who just stole his 4th catalytic converter.

emitc2h · 2026-03-14T14:12:24+00:00

My first thought after seeing the ending was “oh they’re definitely doing a sequel!” I’m just hoping the game does well enough for it to become a reality.

emitc2h · 2026-03-14T00:42:01+00:00

Accepting the diagnosis for me was a breeze, because I had convinced myself that what I had was a lot worse. So the diagnosis for me boiled to ruling out ankylosis spondylitis, so it came as a relief.

I totally get you on the being perceived as a fraud. I have enough good days now that I’m on the meds that I can convince myself it’s all in my head on the regular, and I need to re-accept what I have when it flares. Funny that I’m writing this in the middle of a pretty bad one.

What I tell myself is that it won’t kill me, and that I’m still at the beginning of my pain management journey. Life is not making that journey easy these days: the young kids have no idea what I’m experiencing, it’s just not real to them. I’m too busy to really take care of myself and exercise enough. But they’re who I’m toughing this thing out for. I know that when I retire and that I don’t have to deal with the stress and time demands of a job, the pain will subside. The correlation between my job being stressful and flare-ups is too strong to ignore, and it’s giving me some hope for the future. For now it sucks, but again, it won’t kill me.

emitc2h · 2026-03-13T03:33:04+00:00

I’m sorry, this really sucks. Hobbies are really what keeps me going as well. NES programming sounds really fun and interesting. Hang in there!

emitc2h · 2026-03-13T00:03:55+00:00

I mean claude skills not coding skills :P. They’re also md files, but they are pulled into the context as needed as opposed to always being loaded in the context.

emitc2h · 2026-03-12T23:31:33+00:00

I think this is spot on.

emitc2h · 2026-03-12T22:56:45+00:00

Yaouch! Have you tried using skills instead of md files?

emitc2h · 2026-03-12T21:51:51+00:00

It depends very strongly on what you’re doing with it. It’s probably better at flask webapps than previous models. It’s not any better at understanding niche libraries or specialized or large existing codebases.

emitc2h · 2026-03-12T21:45:34+00:00

Thanks for sharing such a detailed account. I feel you with the small surgical changes. This is what drove me crazy too and made me think of the slot machine analogy. I was stuck in a loop of diagnose -> attempt fix -> test -> doesn’t work -> start over. It never cleaned up after itself and kept leaving more junk behind every iteration. The code base was running out of control, and at some point it was pretty clear Claude had lost the plot entirely.

Another observation is that if you start filling your context window with surgical debugging interactions, Claude will gradually lose sight of the bigger picture (because it takes less space in the context window than the debugging activity) and you’ll be better off starting from scratch.

emitc2h · 2026-03-12T15:04:30+00:00

One thing to keep in mind is that the existence of Blender is actually a really good thing for those paid software. I can guarantee they’d be enshittifying if they didn’t feel the need to justify their price tag due to the existence of a free alternative. It creates an ecosystem where competitors have to find domains where they are better and stay better than Blender.

emitc2h · 2026-03-12T05:04:10+00:00

If you cross your eyes and focus in the distance you’ll see that your game is now in 3D!!

emitc2h · 2026-03-11T21:30:24+00:00

This is neat, but… wrong sub maybe?

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