StanAngeloff2d ago

Claude Code is unusable for complex engineering tasks with the Feb updates

https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/42796

[MODEL] Claude Code is unusable for complex engineering tasks with the Feb updates · Issue #42796 · anthropics/claude-code

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Show threadmatheusmoreira
That analysis is pretty brutal. It's very disconcerting that they can sell access to a model then just stealthily degrade it over time, effectively pulling the rug from under their customers.
Apr 6 at 4:25pmWeb
Show thread01284a7e2d ago
Seems like the logical conclusion, no matter what.
Show threadtmpz222d ago

> effectively pulling the rug from under their customers.

This is the whole point of AI. Its a black box that they can completely control.

Show threadmikepurvis2d ago

Disconcerting for sure, but from a business point of view you can understand where they're at; afaiui they're still losing money on basically every query and simultaneously under huge pressure to show that they can (a) deliver this product sustainably at (b) a price point that will be affordable to basically everyone (eg, similar market penetration to smartphones).

The constraints of (b) limit them from raising the price, so that means meeting (a) by making it worse, and maybe eventually doing a price discrimination play with premium tiers that are faster and smarter for 10x the cost. But anything done now that erodes the market's trust in their delivery makes that eventual premium tier a harder sell.