User preference: Sticking with Sonnet over Opus for coding
timfreemints · reddit · 2026-08-24
After testing Claude Pro's Opus 5, the author still prefers Sonnet 4.6 for coding tasks. Opus is described as overwhelming and prone to digressing, while Sonnet, especially with High reasoning, resolves prompts in one or two tries and produces bugs that are easier to fix.
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