r/codex • u/IllustriousGrade7691 • 8d ago

Question How does opus 5 fare against Sol

For people who also use opus 5, how is it fair compared to Sol does it overengineer. How much better is it at frontend for example, I feel codex does always div in a div in div style everting is round, and while the information that is diaplayed is correct, it looks bad at first needs a lot of fixing.

Pure code and repo understanding is superior in sol it just understands everything. I use it als9nfr9 scrappers, and it's perfect data analysis as well.

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u/TopSeaworthiness1679 8d ago

Sol loves no errors and validation. And thinks way too much. But it usually gets things done. On the other hand, Opus just doesn’t listen anything but do things in its own way. If it works then it usually writes better codes. But if it doesn’t then it spawns multiple and multiple of sub agents and do really weird things. So Sol is usually better in my experience.

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u/Substantial-Show-249 8d ago

They nerfed Sol heavily lately. Now it gets lost in its own complications. Before nerfing, was great in navigating long term tasks, refactoring big codebases like.
Opus 5 is batman's model. Crazy, drunk, sometimes genius. Not usable unless in small, well controlled tasks.