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Posted by WXLCKNO 13 hours ago

Claude Code is being dumbed down?(symmetrybreak.ing)
852 points | 560 commentspage 6
markoa 9 hours ago|
Like any CLI Claude Code should follow decades old tradition of providing configurable verbosity levels, like tcpdump's -v to -vvvvv to accommodate varying usage contexts.
arjie 12 hours ago||
The histrionic tone is annoying but this is actually a feature failure. The utility of seeing what files were being read is I could help direct its use if it goes down the wrong pathway. I use a monorepo so that's an easy mistake for the software to make.
oxag3n 11 hours ago||
So much for human replacement.

Map it to a workplace:

- Hey Joe, why did you stop adding code diff to your review requests?

- Most reviewers find it simpler. You can always run tcpdump on our shared drive to see what exactly was changed.

- I'm the only one reviewing your code in this company...

hungryhobbit 12 hours ago||
Everyone, file your own ticket (check the box saying you searched for existing tickets anyway)!

After the Anthropic PMs have to delete their hundredth ticket about this issue, they will feel the need to fix it ... if only to stop the ticket deluge!

parhamn 13 hours ago||
We opensourced our claude code ui today: https://github.com/bearlyai/openade

I wanted a terminal feel (dense/sharp) + being able to comment directly on plans and outputs. It's MIT, no cloud, all local, etc.

It includes all the details for function runs and some other nice to haves, fully built on claude code.

Particularly we found planning + commenting up front reduces a lot of slop. Opus 4.6 class models are really good at executing an existing plan down to a T. So quality becomes a function of how much you invest in the plan.

ramoz 13 hours ago|
Built similar focused specifically on planning annotations.

https://github.com/backnotprop/plannotator

It integrates with the CLI through hooks. completely local.

parhamn 12 hours ago||
That looks great! Planning phase is really key.
qwertox 11 hours ago||
It was because of the (back then) new Haiku model, maybe 3.5, that i decided to subscribe yearly. more than good enough for a language layer to interact with the mcp server. Now I'm even hesitant to use it.
vincentjiang 11 hours ago||
It's nerfed to a point that it feels more like lawyer than a coding assistant now. We were arguing about an 3rd party API ToU for 1 hour last night. VSC Copilot executed it within 1 minute.
ekropotin 13 hours ago||
Another instance of devs being out of touch is them wanting Claude Code to respect AGENT.md: https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/6235

What’s wrong with you, people? Are you stupid?

JetSetIlly 12 hours ago|
I've never used Claude or anything like it so this may be a dumb question: could you solve this problem by having a CLAUDE.md file that simply says to use AGENT.md if one is available. Can an AI agent not do that?
ekropotin 11 hours ago|||
Yes, the most common solution for this problem either creating a symbolic CLAUDE.md link pointing to AGENT.md (or visa versa) if OS supports it.

Or, in CLAUDE.md have an instruction to follow AGENT.md - but this approach is quite unreliable.

These are solutions to a problem that shouldn’t exist in the first place. How else can one explain Anthropic’s reluctance to adhere to a widely adopted standard, if not as an attempt to build a walled garden around an otherwise great product?

deaux 6 hours ago|||
It's not a dumb question per se but it does fail to understand the issue. It's that there's 20 coding agents yet only 1 of them needs this solving. Imagine if all of them needed this. It's like IE6, or Lightning connectors. At least for that last one there's an argument that they performed better than USB-C. For the Anthropic people reading this - take note that both IE and Lightning are now dead and their competitors that followed the standards are thriving.
JetSetIlly 1 hour ago||
I understand the issue is that Anthropic is not adhering to a standard. I was simply asking whether it's possible to solve the problem created by Anthropic in the way I was asking.
deaux 1 hour ago||
The better way to solve it is a symlink. The way you're suggesting works too, but should be done using an @ reference, which is auto-followed by Claude. This is the most common way on Windows.
brundolf 12 hours ago||
What a weird hill to die on
hungryhobbit 12 hours ago|
And also a complete PR fail. This is damaging their brand with devs for no meaningful benefit.
brundolf 3 hours ago||
I didn't even see it was a brand blog. Sheesh
neom 9 hours ago|
If you've not, I recommend giving Opus[1m] + teams a shot, warning it's hella expensive but holy cow... what a tool.
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