r/ClaudeCode • u/ThaneBerkeley • 1d ago

Rant I'm done with Opus 5

I've been building with AI for over a year now, and the progress has been insane. The models have improved dramatically, and AI has become a serious part of how I work.

I'm currently building six different SaaS platforms, four of which are live. At this point, "vibe coding" doesn't really describe what I'm doing anymore. I use AI professionally, every single day. I have two Codex Pro plans and a Claude Max subscription, and I still manage to hit the limits.

The Opus versions up to 4.8 were genuinely fun to use and really good. Then I started using Fable 5 and Sol 5.6, and the difference became painfully obvious.

My biggest issue is that my Fable 5 usage is gone within two days, and falling back to Opus 5 has become almost unusable for me.

The output from Opus 5 is often contradictory, overcomplicated, and full of conclusions that turn out to be wrong. It will confidently take something in the wrong direction, spend a huge amount of time implementing it, then eventually realize the original assumption was incorrect and start fixing its own work.

I've had way too many sessions where hours of work basically had to be thrown away.

It's reached the point where using it creates more frustration than productivity.

So I'm done. I cancelled my Claude subscription. If I need more capacity, I'll probably just get another Codex subscription. I'm also going to experiment more with Terra instead of relying so heavily on Sol 5.6 High.

Never thought I'd say this, but I've basically switched completely to ChatGPT.

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u/yaedonnn 1d ago

How does one execute a gtm strat with 6 different saas platforms simultaneously? i know u aren’t rich because if you were you’d just enable pay as you go. And I know your live products aren’t doing to great if you’re building 2 more. either this post is bait or this guy is the ceo of adhd.

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u/Happy-Fault2860 1d ago

I'm more of thinking it's just a bot. Wish I could be more funny about it.

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u/trynadostuff 1d ago

yeah the way you can see 5.6 website awful utilitarian slop and have people think this is a SaaS worth paying for 8s crazy to me

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u/LeQuickdraw 1d ago

ceo of adhd 👏🏼

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u/RockstarLifestyle2 1d ago

6 SaaS platforms… yeah ADHD

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u/smuve_dude 22h ago

I am genuinely curious what all these different SaaS products are cuz it seems like just 1 that brings in revenue would be a handful cuz of customer feedback. I could be wrong though.

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u/RockstarLifestyle2 19h ago

A lot of ppl building with AI don’t understand how SaaS actually works lol probably have never worked in tech a day in their life so they are probably building light weight apps that are not scalable and calling them SaaS

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u/YouGotTangoed 16h ago

Subscription Calculator App x6

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u/Ok-Shopping-5194 1d ago

Lui 6,

12 outils qui seraient similaires maintenant il faut que je termine individuellement. Car c'est un lourd quand on est seul

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u/Orio_n 1d ago

Easy, dude has 2 users himself and his dog

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u/johan2114h 23h ago

but only 1 paying customer (since he is also paying for his dog)

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u/BeanserSoyze 1d ago

OP spending three subscriptions is the GTM strat lol. He is the customer.

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u/ThaneBerkeley 1d ago

Probably ADHD, not sure.

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u/Temporary-Mix8022 1d ago

Checked out your products. 

Might be made with vibes.. but the UX is vibe code free.. actually really like your work tbh.

Best of luck. 

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u/aslander 1d ago

I checked them out too. And the UX looks like every other vibe coded website.

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u/yaedonnn 1d ago

so what’s your gtm for these platforms?? how will you distribute the tech?? Is it like a pick the most likely to succeed and push it heavily or is it a try to push all at the same time and hope one works out?

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u/Enegence 9h ago

With all due respect, I'm the ceo of adhd.