English ↔ Claudish Translator(programasweights.com)
18 pointsby leumon3 hours ago4 comments
  • pibaker2 minutes ago
    > It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way—in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.

    > This period is a near-parallel version of the present one, not a different one: it is the best of times, the worst of times, the age of wisdom, the age of foolishness, the epoch of belief, the epoch of incredulity, the season of Light, the season of Darkness, the spring of hope, the winter of despair, and the whole thing is the same shape, only the direction of the verdict is reversed.

  • amingilanian hour ago
    > The translation did not land cleanly. Please try again.

    I get this everything, including the examples.

    • pibaker19 minutes ago
      The load-bearing bottom line fell out.
      • sehugg5 minutes ago
        Should have added belts-and-braces.
    • throwaway_7274an hour ago
      Grammatically correct Claudish would say, “did not land clean.” Amateur hour.
    • jansanan hour ago
      That is a very Claudish error message.
      • moritzwarhieran hour ago
        The user says this is a "Claudish" error

        But wait. Maybe this is expected behavior?

        Let me run all e2e tests and inspect the trace.

        Maybe this is expected? As per CT61 I should ask the user about this.

        Wait. No, there's a fundamental problem with the application build.

        Let me dig deeper.

        Thinking

        While the sub-agents run, I should grep the entire code base for the word "Claude". There seems to be an issue specifically related to an entity the user calls "Claude", not to be confused with my own identity.

        Claude seems to be a regular contributor. This rules out the fundamental build issue thesis. Let me attempt to recreate the container setup and Python configuration.

        Wait. The user asked me not to overcomplicate.

        Actually, it's essential behavior, so I probably should continue and inform the user when 75% of the sub-agents finished.

        Stop!

        The user says "Stop!" without further context. This warrants a more thorough investigation.

        • logicallee6 minutes ago
          You did a good job at capturing that experience, but Claude does really well usually. Don't you almost get what you want at the end?

          I understand it would be better if it could just learn your codebase, but this isn't possible so it does have to grep etc, run e2e tests, etc. each time.

    • traktornan hour ago
      Same here
      • johnsutoran hour ago
        Maybe it's a play on the abysmal uptime of Claude Code?
        • moritzwarhier35 minutes ago
          Actually, this changes the picture quite a bit.

          Maybe the user is using Claude as part of their application?

          Although I can't find the legal documents confirming this, I suspect that this runs counter to my instructions and basic rules.

          Let me add an appropriate, domain-specific error message here.

      • garyfirestorman hour ago
        Come on man, at least the example should be cached and presented in case the service is down
      • SoftTalkeran hour ago
        Yep. Same.
  • fooker8 minutes ago
    This sort of nonsense has to be intentional. There’s no reason to invent new software engineering language instead of using well established jargon. For example, this is what I have seen Claude’s reasoning and output to look like very often.

    <r> The user is annoyed that my agents are wedged. I should check on the progress on each tranche. Each wedged window is a gate. Gates 7/42 have landed. Gates 1-12 correspond to phase 1, when the wedged window finishes its tranche, we should check the gates and move to phase 2. </r>

    You are absolutely right.

  • contextfreean hour ago
    https://bsky.app/profile/vgel.me calls it "Claudlish" which I prefer because it sounds funnier