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New comment by WXLCKNO in "GPT-5.4"

WXLCKNO — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:24:11 +0000

Anthropic literally don't allow you to use the 1M context anymore on Sonnet and Opus 4.6 without it being billed as extra usage immediately.

I had 4.5 1M before that so they definitely made it worse.

OpenAI at least gives you the option of using your plan for it. Even if it uses it up more quickly.

New comment by WXLCKNO in "MacBook Air with M5"

WXLCKNO — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 17:41:47 +0000

update: he's in shambles upon hearing the news

New comment by WXLCKNO in "If AI writes code, should the session be part of the commit?"

WXLCKNO — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 16:04:46 +0000

or OpenSpec https://github.com/Fission-AI/OpenSpec/

I think it's much better

New comment by WXLCKNO in "Pi – A minimal terminal coding harness"

WXLCKNO — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 09:22:58 +0000

After 2.20.0 of Claude code where they started not showing what files are read / searches are made by default .. I fucking love how easy it was to ditch Claude code for pi.

New comment by WXLCKNO in "Anthropic officially bans using subscription auth for third party use"

WXLCKNO — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 13:52:06 +0000

They're too small to screw you over. But you've got more time until they do at least.

New comment by WXLCKNO in "Anthropic officially bans using subscription auth for third party use"

WXLCKNO — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 13:49:38 +0000

I had a Claude code instance using 55 GB of RAM yesterday.

New comment by WXLCKNO in "Claude Sonnet 4.6"

WXLCKNO — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 19:57:17 +0000

I capped my extra usage to that free 50$ and hit 108% usage. Nice.

New comment by WXLCKNO in "Claude Code is being dumbed down?"

WXLCKNO — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 02:15:57 +0000

There's no way you're still talking about verbose mode.. this is insane.

New comment by WXLCKNO in "Claude Code is being dumbed down?"

WXLCKNO — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 19:23:09 +0000

Codex feels much faster. For a while after the rewrite (to rust also I think?) it was bad because you couldn't copy anything from the terminal but since then it's gotten much much better.

New comment by WXLCKNO in "Claude Code is being dumbed down?"

WXLCKNO — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 19:02:19 +0000

Saw this the other day and loved it. Especially seeing Opus 4.5 degrading prior to the 4.6 release (IIRC) and Codex staying very stable and even improving over time.

But FYI the blog post is not about the actual model being dumbed down, but the command line interface.

New comment by WXLCKNO in "Claude Code is being dumbed down?"

WXLCKNO — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 18:59:57 +0000

"It appears minor on the surface but their response to all the comments tells you everything you need to know."

I mean I hope it's just a single developer being stubborn rather than guidance from management asking everyone to simplify Claude Code for maximum mass appeal. But I agree otherwise, it's telling.

New comment by WXLCKNO in "Claude Code is being dumbed down?"

WXLCKNO — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 18:54:04 +0000

Exactly how I feel. I'm happy that more people are using these tools and learning (hopefully) about engineering but it shouldn't degrade the core experience for let's say "more advanced" users who don't see themselves as Vibe coders and want precise control over what's happening.

New comment by WXLCKNO in "Claude Code is being dumbed down?"

WXLCKNO — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 18:50:54 +0000

Yeah just that it's not real time and you have to toggle to see it. It lags a bunch also in longer threads. Definitely a downgrade.

New comment by WXLCKNO in "Claude Code is being dumbed down?"

WXLCKNO — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 18:50:17 +0000

Sorry I'm dumber than the average Anthropic employee, might just take me a few more days for it to "click" that I'm no longer seeing useful information and that this is good.

New comment by WXLCKNO in "Claude Code is being dumbed down?"

WXLCKNO — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 18:49:02 +0000

Jokes about vibe-coded CLI aside, I think that's the issue for me, the defaults are being tailored to vibe coders. (and the general weirdness of trying to fix it with verbose mode)

I like that people who were afraid of CLIs perhaps are now warming up to them through tools like Claude Code but I don't think it means the interfaces should be simplified and dumbed down for them as the primary audience.

Sure you can press CTRL+O, but that's not realtime and you have to toggle between that and your current real time activity. Plus it's often laggy as hell.

Claude Code is being dumbed down?

WXLCKNO — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 18:23:39 +0000

Article URL: https://symmetrybreak.ing/blog/claude-code-is-being-dumbed-down/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46978710

Points: 1085

# Comments: 701

Don't Worry, You Don't Need to See What Claude Is Doing

WXLCKNO — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 14:22:41 +0000

Article URL: https://symmetrybreak.ing/blog/dont-worry-about-claude/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46945500

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by WXLCKNO in "Orchestrate teams of Claude Code sessions"

WXLCKNO — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 17:40:03 +0000

I run a loop where I have 4 agents review in parallel after each implementation phase. It just increases the odds of finding issues.

I've switched this over to a team of 4 now that talk to each other to discuss issues they find and it's amazing. They confirm between themselves and if they wrongly identified something the others correct them.

New comment by WXLCKNO in "Voxtral Transcribe 2"

WXLCKNO — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:56:54 +0000

Oh god am I glad to read this. Thought it was my microphone or something.

New comment by WXLCKNO in "Show HN: I built an AI conversation partner to practice speaking languages"

WXLCKNO — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 01:05:37 +0000

AI slop commenter account above