Dev says OpenAI's Astra is first model making progress on his 'unreasonably complex' project
mrjonfinger · x · 2026-09-06
A developer reports that while working on a project of unreasonable complexity, every other model felt like 'swimming in mud' — OpenAI's Astra is the first showing meaningful, noticeably faster forward motion, though whether it can land the task remains unclear.
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