Dev builds TUI agent orchestrator with Astra + Fable 5.1 combo, calls it surprisingly good
sean_ogrady712 · x · 2026-09-06
Developer weswinder shares that pairing the Astra and Fable 5.1 coding models worked "surprisingly good", and used them to whip up a TUI agent orchestrator he plans to polish and release soon. In follow-up replies he explains his workflow: Astra tends to "just do things right" iteratively without mega-plans, while Fable has better design sense when requirements aren't explicit — he compares Astra to "a smart, antisocial engineer" and Fable to "an artsy people person with technical skills".
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