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User criticizes Claude Code's bloat, praises Pi's efficiency

A user on Mastodon expressed dissatisfaction with Claude Code, noting its bloated interface and inability to disable unused features. They contrasted this with their experience using Pi, a local model, which they found more efficient for tasks where token usage is critical due to its 64k context window. AI

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User criticizes Claude Code's bloat, praises Pi's efficiency

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Claude Code starts with ~30k context minimum, even before prompt. The harness is bloated, and most features I never use, but there is no way to disable them. Me

    Claude Code starts with ~30k context minimum, even before prompt. The harness is bloated, and most features I never use, but there is no way to disable them. Meanwhile, I use Pi to work w/ a local model with 64k total. Here every token counts, and that's where Pi shines. # claude…