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> Coding activities should be performed mostly with: Claude Opus 4 I've been going down to sonnet for coding over opus. maybe i am just writing dumb code
by apwell23 1y ago
> Coding activities should be performed mostly with: Claude Opus 4
I've been going down to sonnet for coding over opus. maybe i am just writing dumb code
- stpedgwdgfhgdd 1y agoThat is also what Anthropic recommends. In edge cases use Opus. Opus is also way more expensive. (Don’t forget to switch back to Sonnet in all terminals)
- jtonl 1y agoMost of the time Sonnet 4 just works but need to refine context as much as you can.
- northern-lights 1y agoIn my experience as well, Sonnet 4 is much better than Opus. Opus is great at the start of a project, where you would need to plan things, structure the project, figure out how to execute but it cannot beat Sonnet is actually executing it. It is also a lot cheaper.
- cyral 1y agoOpus is too expensive and I find it goes way off the rails often (just writing way way too much. Maybe that could be controlled with a better prompt on my end). Sonnet gives me more realistic code that isn't too overengineered.
- leemoore 1y agoSame, if you dont give opus big enough problems it's more likely to go off the rails. Not much more likely but a little more likely
- jfkfibkririfk 1y agoDid your meditation pay off? Did you hit stream entry?