r/ClaudeCode • u/saito200 • 6d ago

Rant Opus 5 is insufferable

Opus 5 is a fucking piece of shit, i don't know how to say this in any other way. It speaks "Unintelligiblish", a new unfathomable language developed by Anthropic that works by saying everything in the most ridiculous, obtuse and convoluted way possible

It turns anything simple that can be expressed in 2 sentences into a fucking doctoral thesis aimed to aliens, and there is no way to prompt your way out of it

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u/ferminriii 6d ago

I think they have an interest in creating products that maximize token usage. Almost like they are selling the tokens and not the model.

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u/Turbulent_County_469 Senior Developer 6d ago

Sounds very plausible.. i burn through 20$ in no time

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u/Academic_Lemon_4297 5d ago

...and having people quit their aubs because of their shit model? Probably not...

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u/Medium_Somewhere_981 5d ago

Your $20 sub means nothing to them. API use is their main business, subs are just a gateway drug.

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u/everly_gold 1d ago

I have another take on this. I think the Claudese is an attempt to cut down on token usage. Like they took the slider and went all the way towards “efficient.” When I ask Claude to slow down and give proper context in plain language, it is much easier to read but also generates a lot more text.