Claude Is a Contrarian
LLMs have matured to the point where, even underpowered models are dependable. Deepseek Flash and OpenAI Luna would show that for you.My beef with Claude is it’s behavior.I can tell it in my CLAUDE.md: “Don’t contradict sentences”. I can be damned sure it will sprinkle contradictions everywhere:This wonderful feature does this, not that.Feature that move you, not bore you.Feature that gives you hope, never disillusion.This was supposed to be the problem.
- ▪LLMs have matured to the point where, even underpowered models are dependable.
- ▪Deepseek Flash and OpenAI Luna would show that for you.My beef with Claude is it’s behavior.I can tell it in my CLAUDE.md: “Don’t contradict sentences”.
- ▪I can be damned sure it will sprinkle contradictions everywhere:This wonderful feature does this, not that.Feature that move you, not bore you.Feature that gives you hope, never disillusion.This was supposed to be the problem.
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AILLMClaudeContent CreationProgrammingClaude is a ContrarianRDX3 min read·1 hour ago--ListenSharePress enter or click to view image in full sizeOf all the LLMs I’ve used and driven daily, Claude is the one that absolutely contradicts my instructions.No, it’s not about the inconsistent routing, nerfing, or asking for a model and not knowing what you got. This is not even about quality of code. LLMs have matured to the point where, even underpowered models are dependable. Deepseek Flash and OpenAI Luna would show that for you.My beef with Claude is it’s behavior.I can tell it in my CLAUDE.md: “Don’t contradict sentences”.
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