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MixedClaude Code · 19 Mar 2026

It produces code that looks ok most of the time, but I have seen it lose track of key details, misinterpret requisites and even ignore them sometimes

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at least once per day

In the thread “A sufficiently detailed spec is code”, replying to this comment

Helped: Mechanical tasks and quick exploration of other people's code.

Got in the way: Losing track of key details and misinterpreting or ignoring requirements.

… It is far from being able to reliably produce the code that we need for production. It produces code that looks ok most of the time, but I have seen it lose track of key details, misinterpret requisites and even ignore them sometimes - "on purpose", as in it writing something like "let's not do that requirement, it's not necessary". This kind of thing happens at least once per day to me, maybe more. …