Claude Can't Stop Writing Sycophantic Comments, Devs Say Gemini Astra Is Cleaner
ctjlewis · x · 2026-10-23
- Developer ctjlewis complains that even when Claude does great work, it can't help inserting annoying sycophantic "goblin language" — sometimes right in a file's header, "no shame at all."
- He notes Gemini's Astra exhibits the behavior only occasionally, calling the difference "night and day."
- The thread adds to ongoing developer frustration with models leaking chatty, flattering style into code output.
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