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Claude Code is being dumbed down?

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Re: Claude Code is being dumbed down?

#361
And they hate that people are using different agents (like opencode) with their subscription - to the extent that they have actively been trying to block it.

With stupidity like this what do they expect? It’s only a matter of time before people jump ship entirely.

Re: Claude Code is being dumbed down?

#362

https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/8477 https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/15263 https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/9099 https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/8371 It's very clear that Anthropic doesn't really want to expose the secret sauce to end users. I have to patch Claude every release to bring this functionality back.

I thought the source code for the actual CLI was closed source. How are you patching it?

Re: Claude Code is being dumbed down?

#363

I'm old, so I remember when Skyrim came out. At the time, people were howling about how "dumbed down" the RPG had become compared to previous versions. They had simplified so many systems. Seemed to work out for them overall. I understand the article writers frustration. He liked a thing about a product he uses and they changed the product. He is feeling angry and he is expressing that anger and others are sharing in…

If you're paying a monthly rate you still have to optimize for tokens, otherwise you'll be rate limited.

And not just by the day! The weekly limits are the biggest mistake imaginable for maintaining user engagement on a project.

Re: Claude Code is being dumbed down?

#364

I’m a heavy Claude code user and it’s pretty clear they’re starting to bend under their vibe coding. Each Claude code update breaks a ton of stuff, has perf issues, etc. And then this. They want to own your dev workflow and for some reason believe Claude code is special enough to be closed source. The react TUI is kinda a nightmare to deal with I bet. I will say, very happy with the improvements made to Codex 5.3. I’…

I switched to Codex 5.3 too, it's cheaper also anyway and as dumb as it sounds, Scam Altman is actually the less annoying CEO compared to Amodei which is kind of an achievement. Amodei really looking more and more like some huckster giving these idiotic predictions to the press.

OpenAI’s president is a Trump mega-donor

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46771231

Re: Claude Code is being dumbed down?

#365

https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/8477 https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/15263 https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/9099 https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/8371 It's very clear that Anthropic doesn't really want to expose the secret sauce to end users. I have to patch Claude every release to bring this functionality back.

More likely 99.9% of users never press ctrl+o to see the thinking, so they don't consider it important enough to make a setting out of.

Re: Claude Code is being dumbed down?

#366
I agree the quality of Claude Code recent has felt poor and frustrating.

I’ve been persistently dealing with the agent running in circles on itself when trying to fix bugs, not following directions fully and choosing to only accomplish partial requests, failing to compact and halting a session, and ignoring its MCP tooling and doing stupid things like writing cruddy python and osascripts unnecessarily.

I’ve been really curious about codex recently, but I’m so deep into Claude Code with multiple skills, agents, MCPs, and a skill router though.

Can anyone recommend an easy migration path to codex as a first time codex user from Claude code?

Re: Claude Code is being dumbed down?

#367

https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/8477 https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/15263 https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/9099 https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/8371 It's very clear that Anthropic doesn't really want to expose the secret sauce to end users. I have to patch Claude every release to bring this functionality back.

I don't suppose you could share a little on that patching process?

Re: Claude Code is being dumbed down?

#368

I’m a heavy Claude code user and it’s pretty clear they’re starting to bend under their vibe coding. Each Claude code update breaks a ton of stuff, has perf issues, etc. And then this. They want to own your dev workflow and for some reason believe Claude code is special enough to be closed source. The react TUI is kinda a nightmare to deal with I bet. I will say, very happy with the improvements made to Codex 5.3. I’…

Yeah, I can feel it too, it _mostly_ works but.. feels like it needs a rewrite.

for example Amp "feels" much better. Also like in Amp how I can just send the message whenever and it doesn't get queued

* I know, lots of "feels" in there..

Re: Claude Code is being dumbed down?

#370

I'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?

i think yesterday it ate the whole context window in one thinking call.

i bet in a week itll eat the whole 5hour throttle in one call too:P

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