Claude Code Is Being Dumbed Down

Re:Claude Code Is Being Dumbed Down by bostonvaulter2 on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @07:59PM (#46983540)

Wait so when the UI for Claude Code says “ctrl + o for verbose output” that isn’t verbose mode?

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Re:Claude Code Is Being Dumbed Down by bcherny on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @09:47PM (#46984317)

That is more verbose — under the hood, it’s now an enum (think: debug, warn, error logging)

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Re:Claude Code Is Being Dumbed Down by kstenerud on Thursday February 12, 2026 @01:13AM (#46985395)

Considering the ragefusion you're getting over the naming, maybe calling it something like --talkative would be less controversial? ;-)

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