Ask HN: Is Claude Code less useful in recent weeks for you?

In the past couple of weeks, I've found Claude Code much harder to work with. It seems to not understand well-known (eg for me, .Net) libraries as well as it should, and I have had to download the library source from github and instruct it to read the library to know how to use it; it does not follow instructions as well; it frequently assures me something is fixed but sometimes has forgotten a key portion; and it frequently ignores its memory: for example, it commits even with a stored memory instruction to never commit without me verifying it first. It's starting to be a real time drag and I am not getting the productivity I did even a short time ago. Is anyone else seeing this?

7 points | by vintagedave 3 hours ago

3 comments

  • hcwilk 2 hours ago
    It’s gotten noticeably worse on my projects as well. Likely going to switch to Codex until they also start degrading performance for better margins
    • vintagedave 2 hours ago
      Unfortunately, for major use it is twice as expensive ($200 / month vs $100.)
  • blinkbat 3 hours ago
    enshittification is the only true constant under capitalism
  • bisonbear 44 minutes ago
    [dead]