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Re:Claude Code Daily Benchmarks for Degradation Tracking by mrandish on Thursday January 29, 2026 @04:16PM (#46816707)
> these are earnest people.

I agree.

I'll also add that when my startup got acquired into a very large, well-known valley giant with a sterling rep for integrity and I ended up as a senior executive - over time I got a first-hand education on the myriad ways genuinely well-intentioned people can still end up being the responsible party(s) presiding over a system doing net wrong things. All with no individual ever meaning to or even consciously knowing.

It's hard to explain and I probably wouldn't have believed myself before I saw and experienced it. I'm pretty sure I ended up moving on before I compromised myself but preventing that required constant vigilance and led to some inter-personal and 'official' friction. Standing against an overwhelming organizational tide is stressful and never leads to popularity or promotion.

Re:Claude Code Daily Benchmarks for Degradation Tracking by pluralmonad on Thursday January 29, 2026 @05:10PM (#46817454)
Someone posted this here the other day and it uses _Demons_ to discuss exactly your point.

https://possessedmachines.com/

Re:Claude Code Daily Benchmarks for Degradation Tracking by mrandish on Thursday January 29, 2026 @05:48PM (#46817948)
Wow. Only one page in and already bookmarked to absorb later. Thanks for the link.