Claude Opus
5 recommend 2 criticize 1 moved to it 6 moved away
Why hackers recommend it
“My development platform of choice is Opus 4.8 --effort max.”PeterStuer, 2026-07-02original comment ↗
“Can't remember the last time it happened with Opus in my codebases.”ashvardanian, 2026-06-30original comment ↗
“I'd probably still just use opus on low.”Jcampuzano2, 2026-06-30original comment ↗
“What has stopped me so far is the lack of real alternative to Opus. Not even gpt5.4 comes close”frr149, 2026-04-10original comment ↗
“Opus 4.5 and 5.2 Codex are both so clearly more competent than previous models”mkozlows, 2025-12-30original comment ↗
What hackers criticize
“My personal experience has been Opus is unusable on design work it's so terrible.”nijave, 2026-09-26original comment ↗
“This seems a worsening that seems to have started at Opus 4.8.”ghoul2, 2026-09-02original comment ↗
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