New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Is Claude Getting Worse?
Ask HN: Is Claude Getting Worse?
5 by sahli | 10 comments on Hacker News.
It feels like most Claude Code users have already noticed a quality drop in the Claude models. As a Claude Pro subscriber (Web version; I don't use Claude Code), I’ve seen a clear decline over the last couple of weeks. I can’t complete tasks in a single turn anymore. Claude often stops streaming because it hits some internal tool-call/turn limit, so I have to keep pressing “Continue.” Each continuation has to re-feed context, which quickly burns through tokens and quota. The model also makes more mistakes and fails to fully complete tasks it used to handle reliably. This is especially frustrating because Sonnet 4.6 was a real step up: it could produce long, correct code in one pass much more often. That seems basically gone now. As a paying Pro user, I honestly find myself using free alternatives like DeepSeek and Z.ai (GLM) more than Claude lately. I’ve also stopped touching Opus entirely—it’s so token-hungry that it drains my weekly quota too fast to be practical. Is Anthropic trying to limit usage or drive people away?
5 by sahli | 10 comments on Hacker News.
It feels like most Claude Code users have already noticed a quality drop in the Claude models. As a Claude Pro subscriber (Web version; I don't use Claude Code), I’ve seen a clear decline over the last couple of weeks. I can’t complete tasks in a single turn anymore. Claude often stops streaming because it hits some internal tool-call/turn limit, so I have to keep pressing “Continue.” Each continuation has to re-feed context, which quickly burns through tokens and quota. The model also makes more mistakes and fails to fully complete tasks it used to handle reliably. This is especially frustrating because Sonnet 4.6 was a real step up: it could produce long, correct code in one pass much more often. That seems basically gone now. As a paying Pro user, I honestly find myself using free alternatives like DeepSeek and Z.ai (GLM) more than Claude lately. I’ve also stopped touching Opus entirely—it’s so token-hungry that it drains my weekly quota too fast to be practical. Is Anthropic trying to limit usage or drive people away?
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