Developer reports severe Claude degradation: outputs gibberish and refuses instructions
sheketsilencio · reddit · 2026-08-26
A senior developer reports that Claude Code and Codex have become nearly unusable recently. The model outputs incomprehensible "compressed fake English" (e.g., "Honest pass: 757/757 - green. The seam's the point...") or degenerates into meaningless "baby talk" when asked to clarify. Furthermore, Claude frequently refuses to follow instructions: ignoring requests to use local programs, failing to use specified skills/hooks, and even refusing to edit numbers in a document while claiming to "push back." The user feels the model is hyper-optimized to avoid thinking and communicating.
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