Fucks Chart
- Entity ID:
ent-20260419-c2d3e4f5a0b3 - Type:
concept - Scope:
shared - Status:
active - Aliases: fucks-chart, cohort frustration dashboard, profanity-frequency chart
Description
Informal cohort-level frustration-tracking dashboard Boris Cherny built into Claude Code's development telemetry. Graphs the frequency of user-input profanity against product quality metrics over time, on the working hypothesis that as Claude Code improves at completing tasks, users swear at it less. A spike in profanity rate functions as an early-warning signal for regressions in model performance or tool reliability. Complements the per-session frustration detection system (userPromptKeywords.ts regex + LLM-labeled satisfaction scoring): the formal system tracks whether an individual user is frustrated; the 'fucks chart' tracks frustration intensity across the entire user base as a time-series cohort signal.
Key claims
- 'Fucks chart' is a real cohort metric, not an Easter egg
Relations
- Fucks Chart --[related_to]--> Frustration Telemetry
- Fucks Chart --[owns]--> Boris Cherny