Ask HN: Is Opus 5.5 another step change?
I feel like we're at another inflection point, similar to earlier this year and the year before. I'm excited about what this means for my use cases in the applications I build with CC and for the LLM API usage I sell, but it also honestly scares the crap out of me. Is "the exponential" an actual thing?
Yes, Opus 5.5 and Astra-6 are big improvements over Opus 5 and Sol-5.6. I'm at a point where I can automate much of my workflow, even for complicated tasks, which I could never do before. Also the new Xiaomi model, Mimo v2.6, is outstanding as a light and cheap model. For coding, the new meta is using Astra-6-Max for orchestration and architecture, and Mimo for grunt work.
No. Next question?
It's less shit, so that's good I think.