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Based on my first impressions it's about 6 months behind the frontier labs. So very similar to Opus in January. That is, pretty damn impressive and very useabl

Based on my first impressions it's about 6 months behind the frontier labs. So very similar to Opus in January. That is, pretty damn impressive and very useable. When it comes to architecture or complex problems it does noticeable worse but I don't think anyone expected anything else. One particular interesting strong point seems to be design and user interfaces. It does seem to punch above it's weight there but that might just be personal preference.

Lord-Jobo 4mo ago
It’s insanely impressive and I’m so glad that the space has actual competition
becomevocal 4mo ago
Appreciate the quick take! Sounds like a keeper to me. I think the Opus and Fable design (that I saw for a short while) have gotten stale
- GCUMstlyHarmls 4mo ago
  > I think the Opus and Fable design (that I saw for a short while) have gotten stale Can you expand on what you mean by stale? I don't get how an artefact-producer can get "stale" besides literally out-of-data information which I dont think you mean because you mention fable.
  - collingreen 4mo ago
    I think they mean the style these tend to put out is becoming noticeable in too many places and therefore the resulting frontends feel stale, ie not "fresh" or unique
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byw 4mo ago
> Opus in January So pre-nerf Opus?
- ifwinterco 4mo ago
  Was going to say, I don't think Opus has really got much better in the last 6mo. It just goes in cycles of being better and then being worse again, presumably based on how much Anthropic are having to optimise inference
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pastel8739 4mo ago
Opus in January was right about when AI became actually useful for coding for me. So if that’s the case, that is absolutely great.
ignoramous 4mo ago
> Based on my first impressions it's about 6 months behind the frontier labs. So very similar to Opus in January. According to this one benchmark, I find it amusing that Qwen3.6 27B beats ALL "frontier lab" models on coding Kotlin: https://archive.vn/RYBCL https://archive.vn/RYBCL / https://gertlabs.com/rankings?mode=agentic_coding&language=kotlin https://gertlabs.com/rankings?mode=agentic_coding&language=k...
- ThouYS 4mo ago
  3.6 is an absolute beast! makes you wonder why the big heavy models are even needed?!
jstummbillig 4mo ago
> When it comes to architecture or complex problems it does noticeable worse but I don't think anyone expected anything else. So it's not really similar to opus in January?

Lord-Jobo 4mo ago

It’s insanely impressive and I’m so glad that the space has actual competition

becomevocal 4mo ago

Appreciate the quick take! Sounds like a keeper to me. I think the Opus and Fable design (that I saw for a short while) have gotten stale

GCUMstlyHarmls 4mo ago
> I think the Opus and Fable design (that I saw for a short while) have gotten stale Can you expand on what you mean by stale? I don't get how an artefact-producer can get "stale" besides literally out-of-data information which I dont think you mean because you mention fable.
- collingreen 4mo ago
  I think they mean the style these tend to put out is becoming noticeable in too many places and therefore the resulting frontends feel stale, ie not "fresh" or unique
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byw 4mo ago

> Opus in January So pre-nerf Opus?

ifwinterco 4mo ago
Was going to say, I don't think Opus has really got much better in the last 6mo. It just goes in cycles of being better and then being worse again, presumably based on how much Anthropic are having to optimise inference
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pastel8739 4mo ago

Opus in January was right about when AI became actually useful for coding for me. So if that’s the case, that is absolutely great.

ignoramous 4mo ago

> Based on my first impressions it's about 6 months behind the frontier labs. So very similar to Opus in January. According to this one benchmark, I find it amusing that Qwen3.6 27B beats ALL "frontier lab" models on coding Kotlin: https://archive.vn/RYBCL https://archive.vn/RYBCL / https://gertlabs.com/rankings?mode=agentic_coding&language=kotlin https://gertlabs.com/rankings?mode=agentic_coding&language=k...

ThouYS 4mo ago
3.6 is an absolute beast! makes you wonder why the big heavy models are even needed?!

jstummbillig 4mo ago

> When it comes to architecture or complex problems it does noticeable worse but I don't think anyone expected anything else. So it's not really similar to opus in January?