Developer finds Claude Opus 5 verbose and tiring, switches back to 4.8 for better UX
Terrible-End-2947 · reddit · 2026-08-14
A software developer shares their experience with Claude Opus 5 over a week: using it in Claude Code for documentation search, code review, brainstorming, and planning, they found responses verbose and tiring to read. Switching back to 4.8 felt quicker, more concise, and to the point. They're unsure if Opus 5 excels in multi-agent workflows, but for their use case, it's not enjoyable, hoping next version is more 'normal'.
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