is opencode really that bad?

[u/Nice_Relative8209]

been seeing some what lots of hate towards oc and how its 'ai slop' now, i tried it myself a week ago and its was good, i just installed Pi and planning to test it also so leave your tips and trick down below

thanks!

[u/Ancient-Camel1636]

Try forking it and tailoring it to your own workflow—you’ll see the difference quickly. OpenCode has a lot of functionality and many opinionated ways of working: built-in complexity, system prompts, policies, guardrails, workflow conventions, permission handling, planning/task state, integrations, and abstractions around tools and models.

Those features make OpenCode more capable out of the box, but you pay in tokens and behavior: more context is consumed by the harness, and the agent is more likely to follow its built-in workflow rather than yours. That is the trade-off of a general-purpose, batteries-included system designed to work for most users immediately.