#276 - Claude Code Failed: What Anthropic’s Postmortem Means for Developers

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Ever had your AI pair programmer stop helping and start breaking everything? I did—and this time, the data proves it wasn’t just me.

Claude fell off.

TypeScript that wouldn’t compile, migrations stuck in loops, refactors that went completely sideways. Turns out Anthropic’s own postmortem revealed three separate bugs causing degraded output—context routing issues, output corruption, and TLA-X blah blah blah error.

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1. Setting The Stage: Claude Felt Off (00:00:00)

2. Real-World Failures And Frustration (00:01:03)

3. Postmortem Overview And Trust (00:03:43)

4. Rumors vs Reality Of Downgrades (00:04:34)

5. The Three Bugs Explained Simply (00:05:33)

6. Non‑Determinism And Sampling Pitfalls (00:09:17)

7. Black Boxes And Developer Risk (00:11:02)

8. Practical Guardrails For Using AI (00:12:45)

9. Culture, Context, And Code Quality (00:15:06)