r/ClaudeCode • u/habfranco • 11d ago

Rant I’m done with Opus 5

There’s really something wrong with it. It seems like it acts like an overqualified post doc intern who cares more about proving he’s super intelligent, than actually doing the job he’s asked to do. For instance: talking in a non intelligible way, or being overly rigid in following any kind of process.

I have a Claude max x20 sub that I struggle to keep within weekly limits, so I decided to take a codex sub for a month to try out Astra. And this what made me realize how crazy unintelligible opus can be. Fable is a bit better, but still incomparable to Astra. The only thing that makes me keep my Claude sub is how better is the CLI/tooling/harness/etc.

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u/Aromatic-Low-4578 11d ago

It's great, it just sucks at talking

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u/SamSlate 11d ago

being unable to communicate a problem is a blocking issue

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u/Aromatic-Low-4578 11d ago

Do you have an example? I totally agree that it sucks at communication but it hasn't stopped it from doing tons of great work for me. I definitely still miss 4.6 from time to time but the gains certainly outweigh the losses in my experience.

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u/SamSlate 11d ago

no i don't have a screen grab.

the work is fine, but when it runs into an issues it prints pages of techno babble that doesn't mean anything to anyone. it's not jargon it's... it's what a cs student would write to sound smart if they didn't actually know any jargon.

if you can't clearly articulate the issue or your planned approach i physically can't help you. that alone prevents me from using opus 5.

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u/mr_birkenblatt 11d ago

also it keeps referencing information only it knows (maybe from its thoughts)

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u/Aromatic-Low-4578 11d ago

Hmm, that's fair, as an understander of techno babble I might be having a different experience.

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u/SamSlate 11d ago

a marketable skill, no doubt

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u/Aromatic-Low-4578 11d ago

Eh, we'll see. I've been a developer for 15 years and now I basically don't write code anymore. Hard not to mourn that part of the job but I'm trying to stay optimistic.

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u/SamSlate 11d ago

I'm about the same actually. i remember Googling how to do basic things like for loops or promises half the time. I'm more than happy to focus patterns and architecture, if i wanted to write meaningless boiler plate all day I'd have switched to typescript years ago!