it does the most boneheaded dumbass shit or roundabout way to do something simple or just bolts on more shit and endless conditionals instead of refactoring logic
munch-o-man on Hacker News
In the thread “Expanding our partnership with GSA to bring Claude to all levels of government”
Got in the way: Roundabout solutions and endless conditionals instead of refactoring.
… I don't really want these techno-fascist oligarchs that are basically trying to replace democracy with themselves letting their little chatbots run wild in our government. I use claude every day writing code at work (I never auto-accept, everything is reviewed by me in small incremental chunks) and it does the most boneheaded dumbass shit or roundabout way to do something simple or just bolts on more shit and endless conditionals instead of refactoring logic when it is obvious that the original design no longer works. What is our rush to give up our own thinking? …