The Output Style, It Does Nothing! - Learning to live with Claude

Here’s a response Claude came up with recently. I was asking it to review some of the code it had been writing for my “Open Vibe Code” Elite clone - you can play it here in your browser, it’s surprisingly good. “Twenty-seven echoes; most are two halves of a seam stated from each side, which is correct. Four are true duplicates. Checking two of them:” There’s a lot of this kind of output coming out of Claude. The internet is full of people complaining. Sometimes reading what Claude says is very much like being stuck at the bar with the world’s most boring know-it-all. Lots of clever phrases and convoluted sentences - but ultimately vacuous and empty. What’s really interesting, though, is that the code and docs it generates are pretty good (at least the tests are green, the game plays well etc…). It’s just the communication with me that’s the problem. A popular recommended remedy for this is to change the output style: Some people suggest using ASD-STE100 - Simplified Technical English.…