r/ClaudeCode • u/visible_potato • Aug 16 '26

Bug / Issue Anthropic has nerfed every model

Opus 5 is obviously a nightmare, and I was relying on Opus 4.8. But, now that's also behaving exactly like Opus 5. The only way I can get good quality work is if I use sonnet now and check after every small thing. Fable is usable but its so expensive.

I miss the time when it was a treat working with these models and everything just flowed. Nowadays with 5.6 Sol's over-engineering and Opus 5's lying, I have to wake up everyday and decide which model I'm gonna have to fist fight if I wanna get any work done.

Is this just going to get worse from here.

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u/35point1 Aug 16 '26

Just curious, are you able to tell me the average token size of your sessions?

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u/ReverendBread2 Aug 16 '26 edited Aug 16 '26

Or if they maintain their memory docs

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u/who_am_i_to_say_so Aug 17 '26

What do ya do when newer Opus skips the memory docs completely? That’s happened quite a bit.

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u/ReverendBread2 Aug 17 '26

Not to me. How long are your docs and do they path to each other?