Ask HN: How to Handle Claude's Stubbornness?
I’ve been running into this issue with Claude (in browser and claude code) where it is being stubborn many times. It will refrain from obeying what I say or suggest. Instead, it comes up with its own analogy and starts suggesting and implementing that logic. Even when I already know its going in wrong path and I have proposed the direction for the same problem. Many times I’ve had to explicitly tell it: don’t think, don’t force your analogy, just implement what I am putting in front of you. Still this does not stick with it always. Has anyone else dealt with this? How are you handling it? 3 comments on Hacker News.
I’ve been running into this issue with Claude (in browser and claude code) where it is being stubborn many times. It will refrain from obeying what I say or suggest. Instead, it comes up with its own analogy and starts suggesting and implementing that logic. Even when I already know its going in wrong path and I have proposed the direction for the same problem. Many times I’ve had to explicitly tell it: don’t think, don’t force your analogy, just implement what I am putting in front of you. Still this does not stick with it always. Has anyone else dealt with this? How are you handling it?
I’ve been running into this issue with Claude (in browser and claude code) where it is being stubborn many times. It will refrain from obeying what I say or suggest. Instead, it comes up with its own analogy and starts suggesting and implementing that logic. Even when I already know its going in wrong path and I have proposed the direction for the same problem. Many times I’ve had to explicitly tell it: don’t think, don’t force your analogy, just implement what I am putting in front of you. Still this does not stick with it always. Has anyone else dealt with this? How are you handling it? 3 comments on Hacker News.
I’ve been running into this issue with Claude (in browser and claude code) where it is being stubborn many times. It will refrain from obeying what I say or suggest. Instead, it comes up with its own analogy and starts suggesting and implementing that logic. Even when I already know its going in wrong path and I have proposed the direction for the same problem. Many times I’ve had to explicitly tell it: don’t think, don’t force your analogy, just implement what I am putting in front of you. Still this does not stick with it always. Has anyone else dealt with this? How are you handling it?
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