Vibe-coders griping about Claude's vibe-coded CLI hits all the right vibes.
Claude Code is being dumbed down?
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Re: Claude Code is being dumbed down?
#32Sounds like the compacting issue.
> Compacting fails when the thread is very large
> We fixed it.
> No you did not
> Yes now it auto compacts all messages.
> Ok but we don't want compaction when the thread isn't large, plus, it still fails when the compacted thread is too large
> ...
Re: Claude Code is being dumbed down?
#33another case of 'devs are out of touch with users basics needs and basic day-to-day usage of our app'
I think it's a case of wishful design. When they (or rather their own vibecoding tools) imagine how the tool is used, they aren't imagining that it's actually a human-machine interface, with the human actively engaged in the loop. Instead, the human is mostly expected to behave as a magical prompt oracle with a credit card and let the machine take care of the details.
Re: Claude Code is being dumbed down?
#34I'm not sure this is a regression, at least how I use it - you can hit control + o to expand, and usually the commands it runs show the file path(s) it's using, and I'm really paranoid with it, and I didn't even notice this change.
i've never had to use control + o before but with the latest changes, i give Opus a simple task that should take a few seconds and it's like "used 15k tokens" and "thinking" for three minutes with absolutely zero indication or visibility as to what it's actually doing and i have to ESC ESC it to stop and ask what the FUCK are you actually doing claude?
Re: Claude Code is being dumbed down?
#35Quite frankly, most seasoned developers should be able to write their own Claude Code. You know your own algorithm for how you deal with lines of code, so it's just a matter of converting your own logic. Becoming dependent on Claude Code is a mistake (edit: I might be too heavy handed with this statement). If your coding agent isn't doing what you want, you need to be able to redesign it.
The model is being trained to use claude code. i.e. the agentic patterns are reinforced using reinforcement learning. thats why it works so well. you cannot build this on your own, it will perform far worse
Re: Claude Code is being dumbed down?
#36Can we not like, just apply a patch? Or will anthropic be mad if I run their client with my own patch?
Nix makes it easy to package up esotheric patches reliably and reproducibly, claude lowers the cost of creating such patches, the only roadblocks Inforesee are legal.
Re: Claude Code is being dumbed down?
#37If you're not vibecoding your own UX to render CC's output the way you like it, you're not living.
Re: Claude Code is being dumbed down?
#38All my information about this is being based on feels, because debugging isn't really feasible. Verbose mode is a mess, and there's no alternative. It still does what I need so I'm okay with it, but I'm also on the $20 plan so it's not that big of a worry for me. I did sense that the big wave of companies is hitting Anthropic's wallet. If you hadn't realized, a LOT of companies switched to Claude. No idea why, and th…
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Re: Claude Code is being dumbed down?
#39Am I mistaken or is Claude Code essentially an opt-in rootkit?
And it's pretty easy to run in a stronger sandbox too.
"docker sandbox run claude" in a recent version of docker is a super easy way to get started.
Re: Claude Code is being dumbed down?
#40"This is as bad as it's going to be" turning out to be wrong
They could change course, obviously. But how does the saying go again -- it's easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a VC funded tech startup to not enshittify.