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Ask HN: Is Opus 5.5 another step change?

5•consumer451•2h ago
This feels like another moment, like earlier this year, and the year prior. I am thrilled for my use cases in the applications that I build with CC, and for the LLM API usage that I sell. However, it honestly scares the crap out out of me.

Is "the exponential" an actual thing?

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A_D_E_P_T•2h ago
Yes, Opus 5.5 and Astra-6 are big improvements over Opus 5 and Sol-5.6. I'm at a point where I can automate much of my workflow, even for complicated tasks, which I could never do before.

Also the new Xiaomi model, Mimo v2.6, is outstanding as a light and cheap model. For coding, the new meta is using Astra-6-Max for orchestration and architecture, and Mimo for grunt work.

m4rtink•1h ago
No. Next question ?
grim_io•1h ago
It's less shit, so that's good I think.
smnplk•1h ago
yea, apparently you dont need to know Rust
nr378•59m ago
Yep, I'm personally finding Opus 5.5 to be the first real leap I've felt since Opus 4.5. The time-to-first-token seems dramatically better in Claude Code compared to Fable 5.1/Opus 5 as well, which really helps both interactivity and also overall time-to-completion.

It also burns Claude subscription quota much more slowly than Fable, which is nice.

brianwawok•15m ago
Feels like a faster and cheaper fable, which yes is a big jump.

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