Smarter Doesn't Always Mean More Useful
robleclerc · x · 2026-07-13
The author tested two coding assistants consecutively:
- Fable: More capable, but too willing to treat assumptions as verified facts, resulting in little progress over 3 days and 30 hours.
- Sol: Less "smart," but persistently gnaws at the context, eventually digging out the truly needed information and fixing both features and bugs together.
The conclusion: in the short term, he will use Fable exclusively for "adversarial review" and Sol for actual implementation.
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