Astra coding review: 20-minute tasks drop to 4 minutes but burns 60% of Pro quota in a day
andimarafioti · x · 2026-09-06
A hands-on Saturday of coding with Astra: a good model, clearly a step up from Sol, though not "AGI for coding."
- Speed: WAY faster than Sol — most tasks went from 20 minutes to 4 minutes, with a few running over an hour; extra high/fast modes ate through 60% of the Pro subscription in one day.
- Long context: while Sol was being used PR-by-PR on a big feature split into 4 stacked PRs, Astra reviewed all 4 together and returned cohesive opinions on what should change.
- Pricing: the gap vs Sol means the author will now pick models per task instead of relying on Sol alone under the Pro plan.
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