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bityard 3 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Issue: Claude Code is unusable for complex enginee...

The assertion in the issue report is that Claude saw a sharp decline in quality over the last few months. However, the report itself was allegedly generated by Claude.

Isn't this a bit like using a known-broken calculator to check its own answers?

nyeah 3 months ago | [–]

If a known-broken calculator claims it's broken, I more or less concur. (Chain of reasoning omitted here.)

itemize123 3 months ago | [–]

if it's not broken then we trust the assertion that it's broken. if it's broken then it's broken.

it's analysis of what is broken is probably wrong or at least incomplete though

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