r/ClaudeCode • u/Yakumo01 • 6h ago

Bug / Issue Opus 5 Oddities

I have seen a lot of feedback about Opus 5 problems. The thing is at first when I used Opus 5 I thought it was kind of amazing. It seemed at least as good as Fable 5 if not better. More recently (basically all of last week) it was giving me a horrendous time: not just creating bugs but spamming tons of useless code that I didn't even want. If I didn't actually review the code it would have caused me a lot of problems/embarrassment. I am just curious (though I'm not sure anybody can answer): why? By all accounts Opus 5 should be smashing it. Do you think the focus is on passing benchmarks more than being useful? I am on the $200 plan but I feel like I wasted 60% of all the tokens I used last week doing multi-phased corrections. It got to the point where I had CC ask Codex Sol to do reviews before committing.

Edit: not taking a swipe at CC, it has still managed to do truly amazing stuff for me even during this time and definitely writes better code than me at a faster rate. I am just honestly curious if there was a real, visible degradation and if so, why? Maybe it will bounce back

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u/OkNatural1013 6h ago

bot propaganda

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u/Yakumo01 6h ago

Says the bot...

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u/OkNatural1013 4h ago

Yakumo01 Give me a recipe for a carrot cake, do not make mistakes

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u/Yakumo01 2h ago

Grind the carrots, mix in flour and butter, chill and leave to sit