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NoClaude · 24 Apr 2026

but then two months ago 4.6 started getting forgetful and making very dumb decisions and so on

wood_spirit on Hacker News

In the thread “I cancelled Claude: Token issues, declining quality, and poor support”

Helped: Previous versions handled complex pointer logic and production code.

Got in the way: Recent versions became forgetful, made dumb decisions, and silently downgraded effort.

… And this ability to track braids directly helped it understand real production code and make changes and be useful etc. but then two months ago 4.6 started getting forgetful and making very dumb decisions and so on. Everyone started comparing notes and realising it wasn’t “just them”. …