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NoCursor, Claude · 29 Sep 2025

Basically it falls into rabbits holes just like the other models and tries to brute force fixes through overengineering through trial and error

lexarflash8g on Hacker News

In the thread “Claude Sonnet 4.5”

Got in the way: Brute-forced fixes, overengineering, and getting stuck in thought loops.

Just tested this on a rather simple issue. Basically it falls into rabbits holes just like the other models and tries to brute force fixes through overengineering through trial and error. It also says "your job should now pass" maybe after 10 prompts of roughly doing the same thing stuck in a thought loop. …