Part III benchmarks Opus 5 on SlopCodeBench in the software-factory debate
teropa · x · 2026-07-28
Part III of the Why Software Factories Fail series
This follow-up continues the earlier two installments and focuses on benchmarking Opus 5 on SlopCodeBench. The author frames it as a continuation of the broader argument that software-factory style automation still runs into hard limits, even as benchmarks improve.
- Parts I and II together drew 700k+ views.
- This installment specifically tests how Opus 5 performs on SlopCodeBench.
- The piece positions the benchmark as evidence in the ongoing debate over where coding agents still break down.
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