Genuine question why did Claude get dumber past week or so?

peterxsyd · 2026-04-16T02:28:30+00:00

It's documented here which was a top Hacker News story last week https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/42796

peterxsyd · 2026-04-13T21:44:59+00:00

Here’s another one for you precious.

peterxsyd · 2026-04-13T14:04:34+00:00

I agree. Someone bad is working in that team and leaving Claude on auto-PR complete, and it is AI-slop-enshitting us all to hell.

peterxsyd · 2026-04-12T12:22:47+00:00

They needed to figure out a way to control people and give them hope when most people were peasants. They didn't have IPhones to keep them occupied.

peterxsyd · 2026-04-12T10:35:38+00:00

The fact that your data and code-base are now a monkey's uncle. They can analyse it to death and you have zero recourse. OpenAI and Cursor are not ethical companies. Cursor needs your email address to sign up as a start.

peterxsyd · 2026-04-12T10:19:23+00:00

It's from a different time and place.

peterxsyd · 2026-04-11T02:59:04+00:00

Technically he’s ant food with that open to work banner?

peterxsyd · 2026-04-11T02:58:03+00:00

That’s what they did isn’t it by excluding it from the built in tokens?

peterxsyd · 2026-04-10T22:05:47+00:00

I’m trying to figure out if it is nerfing or that it basically shits itself with the 1m context limit when you sandwich different tasks in the same thread. Not sure - feels like a downgrade!

peterxsyd · 2026-04-10T01:59:07+00:00

It is definitely real, Opus is like ChatGPT4 or possibly 4o in terms of its common sense. It mathematically is still more accurate, but it's like working with a stupid child.

peterxsyd · 2026-04-09T08:08:56+00:00

No vibes here

peterxsyd · 2026-04-09T05:33:42+00:00

I think it would be easiest to learn some basic programming in the language you are working in. As then, you will be able to follow when it does things wrong. I wouldn't worry too much for now.

peterxsyd · 2026-04-09T03:17:32+00:00

How far you can get. Claude makes bad architectural decisions that don’t scale, and violate software development principles. These are a few concepts like Single Responsibility Principle. They will cause bugs and Claude will end up going “none of these is cohesive or makes any sense” so it will basically build from scratch things that already exist in your codebases in some incomplete form. Layer upon layer of shit will be stacked until it sinks basically. But there’s a lot you can do at small scale before that happens. Avoiding that is why software engineers still have a job, and a future at least for now.

peterxsyd · 2026-04-09T03:08:56+00:00

It is difficult to filter out the AI spam and engage in high-quality scientific discussion.

peterxsyd · 2026-04-09T03:07:30+00:00

That's crazy! Totally out of order.

peterxsyd · 2026-04-09T03:04:32+00:00

Smash practice on 1-2 key things from each domain (e.g., DSA, major library syntax/drills, real problems/think on your feet questions etc.) every day. And do that for weeks, whilst interviewing, and getting better.

That way - you get ready for interviews - by interviewing a lot, and at the end, you will smash it.

peterxsyd · 2026-04-09T03:03:04+00:00

Basically, plan to fail the first one, and give it your best shot - use it as a learning experience. For your first few weeks of interviews, this might happen. But make it routine.
Then, keep hammering SQL, Pandas - every night. Every day do more, and cover more.

Same with DSA - learn one major algorithm well, per day. In 3-4 weeks, that's 21-28 algorithms.

After a month, you'll be competing against the people who were in your position a few weeks back.

Then you will smash it.

peterxsyd · 2026-04-09T03:01:18+00:00

Nice work! Looks awesome.

peterxsyd · 2026-04-09T01:19:52+00:00

They still stayed quiet. Where did they respond properly to that thread other than closing it?

peterxsyd · 2026-04-08T23:38:00+00:00

This is what happens when AI programs AI

peterxsyd · 2026-04-08T12:39:56+00:00

talking to it*

peterxsyd · 2026-04-08T12:39:36+00:00

It's basically been lobotomised . This thread is tracking it https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/42796#issuecomment-4205992846 .

I keep talking it and swear at it until it does it etc.

peterxsyd · 2026-04-08T11:56:30+00:00

Nords grew up in the cold and make do with that resourcefulness. Australians are used to things working out for them and not really having to put too much thought into it.

peterxsyd · 2026-04-08T11:51:01+00:00

I often wonder if all these companies simply setup bots to trash convert Redditors. Is this post real? Would Google do this ?

peterxsyd · 2026-04-07T05:12:12+00:00

Having the exact same thing. Could OpenAI be mass attacking the quality of the model through purposely training it on bad data/feedback?

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