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Not to sound like a mark, I try to not get attached to any of these providers. I've jumped between copilot, claude, gemini and chatgpt since the start of the y

Not to sound like a mark, I try to not get attached to any of these providers. I've jumped between copilot, claude, gemini and chatgpt since the start of the year. chatgpt wasn't even worth looking at early this year. Anthropic has the smarter models for sure, and seems to be default in corporate. However, the amount of budget you get with GPT as a user is much better, the harness feels more polished, and the models are faster. They are also much nicer to work with, I can just read the output for the most part. With claude I get pages of text and need to skim to find where the actual information i need to care about lies. So much more cognitive overhead. Sol is smart enough for anything I've thrown at it, it's not one-shotting like fable, but I'm more willing to actually go back and forth with it, and it's likely producing better output to keep a human in the loop rather than trying to solve the world independently and making multiple incorrect assumptions. I think GPT sees the market changing and is correctly repositioning themselves. Anthropic is down the wrong road, and if they don't correct course quickly I'm sure many of those enterprise contracts will start pivoting.

throwaway894345 2mo ago
I just need a Sol translator to sit in front of Fable and Opus :/
- vardalab 2mo ago
  Opus yesterday produced this gem: "Standing where it stood." I replied, "never stop stopping!" and we had a stalemate, lol
- astro1234 2mo ago
  The Opus-human patois is unbearable
esseph 2mo ago
> I think GPT sees the market changing and is correctly repositioning themselves I'm not sure how they'll survive their creditors tbh
- ygjb 2mo ago
  I'm ok with that. When the.major AI players implode under debt, it will create a massive proliferation of folks who go on to start new businesses unencumbered by the debt and bad decisions by the current leaders. The collapse of the massive overvaluation and circular investments will be the undoing of several major tech investors and companies that have a serious contribution to the things in tech we don't like. It will be bad for the economy, but it will also weaken the abhorrent control that those companies have over regulation in the United States. It's gonna be a rough time, but it's pretty clearly necessary. The only big problem is that if that collapse happens under the current administration in the US, they will be utterly incompetent to respond to a real domestic crisis, since they have been virtually unable to do anything without creating more problems.
stanmancan 2mo ago
> and it's likely producing better output to keep a human in the loop rather than trying to solve the world independently and making multiple incorrect assumptions. I was just discussing this with a co-worker yesterday. I would really like a model (or harness?) that worked with me instead of for me. Walk me through its choices and decisions, let me correct it and guide it along. I would be way more confident in it's output, I would be more familiar with the changes that are being made, and it would make reviewing the final code way easier since I was making the decisions along side it. I'm sure it would also reduce the "brainrot" we're all going to experience the more we hand work to these models.
- halfmatthalfcat 2mo ago
  Those exist and they're called orchestration skill frameworks like Superpowers, GetShitDone, etc.
  - ray_v 2mo ago
    does "Superpowers" exist outside of the Claude ecosystem? I feel like I've become hooked on this workflow - honestly I could take or leave the models ... it's the workflows and the way that they essentially create tightly focused loops over multiple sessions that I've becoming fairly dependent on.
    - halfmatthalfcat 2mo ago
      Yes, Superpowers is just a set of (agent agnostic) skills that you can use in any harness.
- forsakenharmony 2mo ago
  the "grill" skill from matt pocock is quite nice for this
- danielbarla 2mo ago
  Aside from the skills mentioned, I recently found that asking the model to create a simple HTML presentation to walk you through it's proposed design can do wonders. Fine tune your prompt to your liking (language style, what to include, what not, etc). Then, read that thing thoroughly, and keep asking questions and iterating on the plan until you fully understand what's about to be built, and are happy with it.

throwaway894345 2mo ago

I just need a Sol translator to sit in front of Fable and Opus :/

vardalab 2mo ago
Opus yesterday produced this gem: "Standing where it stood." I replied, "never stop stopping!" and we had a stalemate, lol
astro1234 2mo ago
The Opus-human patois is unbearable

esseph 2mo ago

> I think GPT sees the market changing and is correctly repositioning themselves I'm not sure how they'll survive their creditors tbh

ygjb 2mo ago
I'm ok with that. When the.major AI players implode under debt, it will create a massive proliferation of folks who go on to start new businesses unencumbered by the debt and bad decisions by the current leaders. The collapse of the massive overvaluation and circular investments will be the undoing of several major tech investors and companies that have a serious contribution to the things in tech we don't like. It will be bad for the economy, but it will also weaken the abhorrent control that those companies have over regulation in the United States. It's gonna be a rough time, but it's pretty clearly necessary. The only big problem is that if that collapse happens under the current administration in the US, they will be utterly incompetent to respond to a real domestic crisis, since they have been virtually unable to do anything without creating more problems.

stanmancan 2mo ago

> and it's likely producing better output to keep a human in the loop rather than trying to solve the world independently and making multiple incorrect assumptions. I was just discussing this with a co-worker yesterday. I would really like a model (or harness?) that worked with me instead of for me. Walk me through its choices and decisions, let me correct it and guide it along. I would be way more confident in it's output, I would be more familiar with the changes that are being made, and it would make reviewing the final code way easier since I was making the decisions along side it. I'm sure it would also reduce the "brainrot" we're all going to experience the more we hand work to these models.

halfmatthalfcat 2mo ago
Those exist and they're called orchestration skill frameworks like Superpowers, GetShitDone, etc.
- ray_v 2mo ago
  does "Superpowers" exist outside of the Claude ecosystem? I feel like I've become hooked on this workflow - honestly I could take or leave the models ... it's the workflows and the way that they essentially create tightly focused loops over multiple sessions that I've becoming fairly dependent on.
  - halfmatthalfcat 2mo ago
    Yes, Superpowers is just a set of (agent agnostic) skills that you can use in any harness.
forsakenharmony 2mo ago
the "grill" skill from matt pocock is quite nice for this
danielbarla 2mo ago
Aside from the skills mentioned, I recently found that asking the model to create a simple HTML presentation to walk you through it's proposed design can do wonders. Fine tune your prompt to your liking (language style, what to include, what not, etc). Then, read that thing thoroughly, and keep asking questions and iterating on the plan until you fully understand what's about to be built, and are happy with it.