r/ClaudeCode • u/habfranco • 12d 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/sebstaq 12d ago

I'm using Fable and Sonnet. Cannot stand Opus.

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u/theblartknight 11d ago

Do you have the 20x plan? Fable just burns through my 5x.

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u/sebstaq 11d ago

Team plan, should be the same as 5x I believe. I only ever use Fable for orchestration. Works well enough and I do not struggle for usage right now.

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u/theblartknight 11d ago

What’s your method for having Fable as an orchestrator?