Astra disappoints on harness-building tasks while Fable 5.1 excels, dev reports
HarveenChadha · x · 2026-09-06
Harveen Chadha reports that Astra has been disappointing on harness-building tasks, with Fable 5.1 clearly outperforming it on the same workloads in his first-hand testing.
A short hands-on model capability note suggesting Fable 5.1 may be the better pick for harness-building scenarios.
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