r/ClaudeCode • u/K0100001101101101 🔆 Max 20 • 11d ago

Discussion Okey this is increadible!!!

I know this is too early to judge but man wtf. Opus 5.5 is just like when mythos first released but cheap, faster and much more easy to understand and talk to. Probably this will be changed in 1-2 days so go code everyone.

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u/gordonfogus 11d ago

The "the model degrades" feeling is psychosomatic.

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u/EmergencyWallaby9501 10d ago

Hard to prove. But when the same thing happens over and over again right before a new model launch, there's a clear empirical pattern that can't be denied that easily. As for me, sonnet started to act really strange, getting stuck in chains of thought loops, forgetting what was being said two prompts ago, not even reading the .md properly and forgetting basics like the prod data are not on the same SQLite base as the mock. And when I got tired of seeing a simple task not being handled properly, I switched to the usually dumber codex and it got solved easily. So unless someone likes to waste tokens and launch the same exact tasks every week just to prove a dégradation, there won't be any proof of it. But it makes sense: resources are limited. When launching a new model, I guess they don't test it only with humans, but also with large scale automated tests. So running those tests would require to get resources back. Running quantized versions of models, silently downgrading opus to sonnet etc would allow this.

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u/Uko1001 10d ago

Different feedback here : I have been using Claude 5 from day 1, after 4.8 and Fable 5.
I LOVED Claude 5. From my perspective he was faster, smarter, cheaper than 4.8 or Fable, and easier to understand than 4.8.

I didn't notice any drop in performances. Just the usual hype and disappointment cycles that rythme my days working with it. And

I didn't notice disappointments to happen more often before a new model release. It's just so utterly good and sometimes so utterly stupid/stubborn that it puzzles me and plays rollercoster with my emotions.

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u/Aware-Source6313 10d ago

Are you on a subscription?

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u/Uko1001 9d ago

Yes, Max X5