Economist slams Claude's coding judgment: skips existing work, denies mistakes, praises Astra
soumitrashukla9 · x · 2026-09-14
Economist Joachim Voth compares coding agents: Astra stands out for judgment and self-questioning, while Claude (even "Fable") behaves like a "motivated idiot" — given a hook to consult already-generated project files, it bypasses them, produces a superficial first pass of weeks-old work, then denies missing it and bluffs its way through. He adds OpenAI models still lag at writing versus their older versions.
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