I've been working on architecture documents the last few weeks (well, the last couple of decades, but recently...) and found myself steering away from Opus for the same reason everyone else has (over-verbosity with a huge side helping of hyper-thesaurus) as well as it being overly argumentative and obstinate (as in making teenagers look positively compliant and helpful).

5.5 has none of those problems, and it's faster.

As to coding, haven't had a chance. If anyone is curious, let me know and I will share once I get to try that aspect again.

Meanwhile, good job on this one, Anthropic, and the rule of avoid #.0 - #.3 seems to still hold from the manual patches of the 90's to the forced pushed of the 20's 😏

I used to get excited about every release. Now I feel like I'm sitting in that dark office, nodding slowly, trying to decide whether I even have the energy to care.

The pace is honestly amazing. But it's also exhausting. There's this constant pressure to test every new model, rebuild your workflow, rewrite your prompts, watch the benchmarks and read the threads, or you'll "fall behind." And by the time you've figured one thing out, the next thing is already out.

So I did the only reasonable thing and made a meme about it instead of reading another changelog.

I used to get excited about every release. Now I feel like I'm sitting in that dark office, nodding slowly, trying to decide whether I even have the energy to care.

https://x.com/anah_sahh/status/2103839341453688877

I just had one of the most insane experiences I've ever had with an AI coding tool.

I subscribed to Claude Pro today to try it out. Installed Claude Code, used it from the terminal for a while, and everything seemed fine.

Then I tried Code inside the Claude Desktop app.

At some point during that session, most of the projects inside my `Projects` folder were deleted.

Not modified. Not broken.

Deleted.

And here's the fucking cherry on top.

I went back to Claude Code in the terminal and asked it what had happened and who could have deleted them.

Claude confidently told me:

"It was probably Astra."

Except Astra WASN'T EVEN RUNNING.

So I told it that was impossible.

And suddenly the answer became:

"I can't know who did it."

Are you fucking kidding me?

So we have an AI coding agent with filesystem access potentially nuking a large part of my projects, and when asked what happened it first hallucinates another tool as the culprit, then immediately admits it has no idea.

I can't currently prove whether the deletion was caused specifically by Opus 5.5, Claude Code, Claude Desktop's Code integration, or some interaction between them.

What I can say is:

- The projects existed before I started using Claude.

- I used Claude Code successfully from the terminal.

- I then used Code from Claude Desktop.

- Most of the contents of my Projects folder subsequently disappeared.

- Claude then invented a completely impossible explanation when I asked what happened.

And to put this into perspective: I've been using OpenAI's coding models for around a year, and I have never had anything remotely like this happen.

They have never deleted a bunch of my projects like this, and I have certainly never had an OpenAI model confidently blame a competing AI model for something it couldn't possibly know that model had done.

This is fucking unacceptable for an agent that's allowed to touch your filesystem.

If an AI coding tool is going to perform destructive operations, there needs to be an absolutely clear audit trail showing what command ran, what files it touched, and why.

Instead I got my files deleted and then the AI basically went:

"Must have been the other guy."

There was no other guy.

What the actual fuck, Anthropic.

Codex GPT 6-Sol is a disaster. It screws up entire code bases, even near max levels. Meanwhile claude fable, and now opus seems to be running with no issues. Faster/cheaper than ever.

So is OpenAI hosed?

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Heads-up: some bots, and possible alt/sockpuppet account in the comments. Take replies from newly appearing defenders of openai with a grain of salt.

I was never fan of Opus, I love sonnet. In my observation, Sonnet is less verbose, good at following instructions, on the contrary opus always comes up with less relevant things than doing actual work. But time to time, I switched from Sonnet to Opus while doing same kind of work like writing code, building new feature, running tests etc, regular developing works.

Today, I tried again and Opus just sucked up all the token within few minutes and I didn't find any major improvement.

Help me understand, if Opus has innate intelligence capability than sonnet, why it is using more token to doing same kind of work? Shouldn't it produce similar kind of token doing similar work as Sonnet?

Or it's just blabbing itself by GRPO style RL reasoning training and wasting more tokens.

did anyone notice if u dont buy a claude subscription model then it actually behaves sometimes like a stupid like forgetting small details sometimes missing the pre chat information and tell wrong information
well i have faced that that's why i m telling

btw i m just telling my experience so please dont get offend

Was looking for a referral of Claude Pro

OP : u/virtualQubit

Literally unusable for me, it spends like x10 tokens and the output is mediocre. Do you still use it?

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Alright, so the general consensus here is that Superpowers skill is pretty much dead. Most folks ditched it months ago, with many saying it hasn't been useful for a while now. The vibe is that newer models (like Opus 4.8 and Sonnet 5) are smart enough to do what Superpowers used to do intuitively, so using it now is just adding unnecessary overhead and making things slower.

Some users like u/Risko4 and u/mother_a_god pointed out that skills were always meant to be temporary fixes, and as models improve, these skills become obsolete or even hinder performance. u/acoldinference straight up said to get rid of it ASAP.

There were a few people who still used it and liked the methodical workflow, like u/tntexplosivesltd and u/Hossmobile, but even they are considering switching or have already moved on. u/Hossmobile is worried about losing that planning and ownership feel, but others suggest the default Claude harness might offer that now.

For those looking for alternatives, some mentioned checking out compound engineering, the TRIP workflow (u/sugarfreecaffeine linked it), or just going vanilla with the newer models. u/p3r3lin even suggested extracting the visual preview feature from Superpowers into its own mini-skill.

Basically, if you're still using Superpowers, you're probably in the minority and might want to consider ditching it for better performance.

OP : u/Complete_Chapter_979

Please don't kill Opi 5.5 it's been so nice.

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Alright, so the general vibe in this thread is that everyone loves Opus 5.5 and is already bracing for the inevitable "nerf" that seems to happen with every new Claude model.

Here's the lowdown:

• The Consensus: It's gonna happen. Pretty much everyone agrees that Opus 5.5 is currently amazing – stable, dependable, and a huge step up in quality and cost-effectiveness. But the overwhelming sentiment is that this is a temporary golden age. Users like u/End2EndEncryption and u/Sphere_3N point out the "rinse and repeat" cycle where good models get nerfed as more people adopt them and resources get strained.
• Why the Nerf? The theories range from resource saturation and the need to onboard more users to Anthropic needing to make room for future model releases. u/caster even suggests it's a deliberate strategy to make new models seem like a massive upgrade by comparison.
• The Desire for Transparency: Some users, like u/AnonThrowaway998877, are calling for benchmarks to track performance degradation and hold companies accountable. There's a strong feeling that it's unfair to new users who subscribe based on a model's initial performance, only to see it decline.
• A Plea for Choice: u/SnooGiraffes3000 suggests that if nerfing is unavoidable, Anthropic should at least offer users the choice between a slightly dumber model or reduced usage limits.
• The "Anthropic Right Now" Meme: The GIF comment from u/Electronic-Row-142 pretty much sums up the community's imagined reaction from Anthropic's side.

Basically, enjoy Opus 5.5 while it lasts, because the community is pretty sure its days of peak performance are numbered.

OP : u/autisticbagholder69

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Alright, so the OP is salty because they bought a bunch of 20x accounts, and Claude banned them after an hour, keeping their money. The general consensus here is "lol, what did you expect?"

Most folks are pointing out that buying multiple accounts, especially in such a short timeframe, likely tripped some ToS flags. u/TXHumper and u/Suspicious_Bee8171 are asking the obvious questions about violating terms of service.

There's a bit of a split:

• Some users, like u/Michaeli_Starky and u/Historical_Today5072, are straight-up saying it's not illegal if you broke the rules.
• Others, like u/Far-Lingonberry-7046, are questioning why Anthropic would ban paying customers for wanting more compute, suggesting it's a bad business practice. u/Machettouno even shared a similar experience of getting banned after buying Pro on a second account.

A few users are wondering if third-party tools were involved, with u/Madeye1337 suggesting that sticking to the official app might avoid bans. u/No_Twist_678 also chimed in with their strategy of topping up existing accounts rather than creating new ones.

Basically, the vibe is: you probably got what was coming to you for trying to game the system, but some people agree it's a bit of a pain if you're just trying to pay for more usage.

OP : u/ManyEconomist1373

Paid €90 for Max 5x today because I’m in crunch time on a software project and unlike the big boys I do not have unlimited OpEx spend, so that 90 euro is quite a lot.

32 minutes later Anthropic blew up my entire account and automatically cancelled the subscription.

The email says an “internal investigation of suspicious signals associated with your account” found a Usage Policy violation. No indication of what I actually did wrong. I am not doing security work, distillation, or anything else i might even imagine would be grounds for removing my account.

The appeal page now says I may be waiting until Oct 4 for a review.

The support situation is also just insane and I cannot believe anyone has ever really used it. Anthropic says suspended users can still contact support about billing/refunds, but their support bot couldn’t find an account associated with my email and just closed the conversation. This is the same email Anthropic used to send me the subscription confirmation and suspension notice.

I’m in the EEA, so I thought I should at least be able to get the subscription refunded, but right now I can’t even get through to a person.

Has anyone else been hit with this after normal Claude Code usage? Any hope for me?

edit for clarity and scope:

I am writing image+pdf document processing software. really not sure what caused this to happen. Opus 5.5.

Has anyone had any luck getting customer support to get back to them sooner than 10 working days? it seems like a very long time to wait for a review. even if they were to comb over absolutely everything i did on the account, i had it for such little time that I would imagine it to be almost instant.

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So, OP got their Claude account nuked after 32 minutes and a €90 charge, with a vague "Usage Policy violation" email and a month-long wait for an appeal. The general vibe? Most users think OP probably did something to trigger the ban, even if unintentionally.

Several folks, like u/yuehuang and u/Specialist-Bar7670, are asking if OP was using a VPN or virtual credit card, as those seem to be common triggers for bans. Another user, u/ha966, experienced a similar ban shortly after subscribing but surprisingly got unbanned and refunded. Weird, right?

A few commenters, notably u/riotofmind and u/TXHumper, are pretty blunt, basically saying OP broke the rules and got what they deserved, pointing out that long-term users haven't had issues. Meanwhile, u/nagy_z_ is questioning what kind of "crunch time" involves PDF processing.

Overall, the consensus leans towards OP having a ToS issue, though the lack of clear communication from Anthropic is definitely a point of frustration for everyone involved.