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I built a leaderboard for Claude Code's unhinged loading verbs

I built a leaderboard for Claude Code's unhinged loading verbs

by heycutiee·Mar 23, 2026·2 points·0 comments
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AI Analysis

●MidCozy

Fun community ranking of Claude's thinking states, but it's just a novelty list.

Strengths
  • •Community-driven with 23 terms and 249 votes shows real engagement
  • •Clean Vercel deploy with keyboard navigation (esc to cancel)
  • •Captures AI culture moment with terms like 'Waffling' and 'Overtweaking'
Weaknesses
  • •No actual utility beyond entertainment value
  • •Will age poorly as Claude Code updates its spinner behavior
Category
Other
Target Audience

Claude Code users, AI enthusiasts

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