OpenAI has quietly won developers back after last winter's Opus scare
dreamwieber · x · 2026-09-04
A developer reflects on OpenAI's comeback: last winter the company was on the ropes as Anthropic's Opus blew people's minds amid predictions of the end of software engineering. But in recent months OpenAI has done a remarkable job winning users back — largely by avoiding self-inflicted landmines.
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