Ask HN: Is Opus 5.5 another step change?

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Ask HN: Is Opus 5.5 another step change?

12h

by consumer451

This feels like another moment, like earlier this year, and the year prior. I am thrilled for my use cases in the applications that I build with CC, and for the LLM API usage that I sell. However, it honestly scares the crap out out of me.

Is "the exponential" an actual thing?

A_D_E_P_T
012h
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.
nr378
010h
Yep, I'm personally finding Opus 5.5 to be the first real leap I've felt since Opus 4.5. The time-to-first-token seems dramatically better in Claude Code compared to Fable 5.1/Opus 5 as well, which really helps both interactivity and also overall time-to-completion.
It also burns Claude subscription quota much more slowly than Fable, which is nice.
tkgally
09h
I’m also finding Opus 5.5 to be a significant advance. In the past few days, I’ve given it several complex tasks related to two long-term dictionary-building projects [1, 2], and it handled them impressively—similar to Fable but with much lower token consumption. It also communicates better than Opus 5.1; I don’t think I’ve seen any obvious Claudisms yet.
[1] https://www.tkgje.jp/
[2] https://tkgally.github.io/eex-dict/index.html
sznio
04h
It's the first model that I feel I can just use freely without crashing into the 5 hour limits. I just manage to get my work done and still have tokens left over
JojoFatsani
08h
I just love that it knows how to form its thoughts into meaningful statements without rambling again.
brianwawok
010h
Feels like a faster and cheaper fable, which yes is a big jump.
smnplk
011h
yea, apparently you dont need to know Rust
grim_io
011h
It's less shit, so that's good I think.
m4rtink
111h
No. Next question ?
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kylehotchkiss
07h
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