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I am often wrong

345 points · 226 comments · bcherny

  1. alasano · · focus · HN ↗
    Haven't seen any Claude Code specific examples of Boris admitting he's wrong and then actually fixing things in the way the community wants.

    There are mind blowing bugs in CC that go unaddressed for months.

    Something like 15-20% of all Fable messages in CC are invisible to users. You've most likely noticed this when Claude references something it said but it never said it?

    It happens frequently when Fable outputs a message above a certain number of tokens just before doing a tool call.

    This has been going on for months. If "users can't see messages the agent sends" isn't a critical issue that gets addressed within 24 hours, I don't really care if you admit you're often wrong, we know.

    1. bcherny · · focus · HN ↗
      Author here. How can I repro what you’re seeing? Double check you don’t have /focus mode enabled.
      1. stingraycharles · · focus · HN ↗
        I’m surprised that you haven’t noticed this yourself, this is an incredibly common issue.

        I always thought that it was perhaps referencing something that’s in its hidden thinking tokens, but the grandparent’s explanation could also very well be it.

        1. bcherny · · focus · HN ↗
          I always use /focus mode, Tag, or Projects, so didn’t notice it personally. Either way, digging in.
          1. jannyfer · · focus · HN ↗
            On a similar topic - since you said "I always use" - is it true that nearly everyone at Anthropic is using Fable and that's why Opus 5's style of speech was not really noticed as problematic by Anthropic employees?
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