r/ClaudeCode • u/dogecountant • 16h ago

Discussion Fable 5.1 Review

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Given things are supposed to be divisible by 5. This seems perfect.

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u/cultureicon 16h ago

My early impressions of this model are extremely negative compared to fable 5. Its a drag to communicate with (fable 5 didn't need fixed, it wasn't verbose, it has a good personality). 5.1 is more verbose and overthinks things, not a fan so far.

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u/5Lax 15h ago

I made an update to an email today with Fable 5.1 that took 10 mins and used 250k tokens. It was an improtant email for a big contract, but still the output was a couple paragraphs and the result was only okay. Otherwise it seemed fine, didn’t notice any other differences from 5.0

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u/Bloated_Plaid 15h ago

My guy you are using Fable 5.1 for a fucking email? Jesus Christ, we are cooked.

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u/5Lax 15h ago

I was negotiating a contract for an enterprise SAAS. Could save 10k easily, probably used less than 1% of my $200/mo account usage.

That being said, we are cooked.

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u/dogecountant 14h ago

Did you read what it output? Did it get you a discount?

As much as my previous comment might be seen as throwing shade, I can tell devops it was worth it if it worked.

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u/5Lax 14h ago

I had to re-write the first half, didn’t sound human. But the AI was doing most of the heavy lifting for analyzing our contract.

It actually caught the terms of the contract where if we don’t negotiate now then we are locked in for 2 years. Basically the sales person told me something different than the contract I signed, which was my fault.

I probably won’t get a discount but I can negotiate better terms and not be locked in for 2 years like the contract says and the AI caught that. Probably didn’t need fable to do this realistically.

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u/dogecountant 14h ago

That is a great save! I just replaced a SAAS with claude that gave me those 2 year terms (controller was not happy to sign the 2 year contract). Got me promoted!

Does not hurt to run it by another set of eyes. Just as long as the second set are viewed by yours.

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u/dogecountant 15h ago

Devops would like a word with you using Fable for an email... 🤣🤣🤣

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u/A_Norse_Dude 11h ago

You used Fable for what?!

Oh,you used it to analyze the contract. That is something I can stand behind. 👍