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0 pointsyieldcrv2mo ago0 comments

Have you tried Claude Opus 4.5 within Claude Code?

it's only been released for two months but its changed the calculus entirely

if its been over two months since you've tried any LLM generated code solution, or are still occasionally copy pasting code requirements into a browser chat session as if its still 2023, then I can't put any weight into the opinion

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input_sh2mo ago

I've read this same comment for every model since GPT-3.

yieldcrvOP2mo ago

so have I and this time I wrote it, this broken clock only has to be right once, forever

its beneficial to check it

CamperBob22mo ago

That's because it's been true for every major new model release since GPT-3.

HN is full of people who tried the free version of ChatGPT a couple of years ago, got a load of random hallucinated slop, and concluded it was all a bunch of useless hype. They enjoy parroting a lot of obsolete stuff they read once about stochastic parrots, without the slightest sense of irony.

When I was growing up, my old man recalled engineers who reacted the same way to transistors, which sucked even more than early-generation LLMs when they first came out. Most of them got over vacuum tubes eventually, though. So will most of the HN'ers, likely including you.

input_sh2mo ago

I don't know whose thoughts you're trying to attribute to me, but I've been pretty up-to-date myself (while still keeping myself to a $20/month budget that I switch between providers every few months).

Every generation has at best been a 5% improvement, and nothing revolutionary compared to the last generation. Absolutely no significant improvements between me selecting say Claude 3.7 Sonnet, Claude Sonnet 4, or Claude Sonnet 4.5. Still the same somewhat useful tool for specific purposes, still not good enough to be let loose on production, still not better than what I can do myself with 10 or so years of experience.

Genuinely useful from time to time? Sure, I agree completely. Anywhere near being revolutionary enough as people here insist on gaslighting themselves to be? Absolutely not. Not even remotely.

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senordevnyc2mo ago

This is so true, and it's been genuinely painful for me to realize how fucking lazy and close-minded many in our industry actually are when you get down to it.

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input_sh2mo ago

I've read this same comment for every model since GPT-3.

yieldcrvOP2mo ago

so have I and this time I wrote it, this broken clock only has to be right once, forever

its beneficial to check it

CamperBob22mo ago

That's because it's been true for every major new model release since GPT-3.

input_sh2mo ago

Genuinely useful from time to time? Sure, I agree completely. Anywhere near being revolutionary enough as people here insist on gaslighting themselves to be? Absolutely not. Not even remotely.

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senordevnyc2mo ago

This is so true, and it's been genuinely painful for me to realize how fucking lazy and close-minded many in our industry actually are when you get down to it.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse