Astra spins, guzzles tokens on large codebases; Fable 5.1 wins for hard coding

bindureddy · x · 2026-09-07

bindureddy shares hands-on experience running Astra on large codebases: it spins a lot, consumes many tokens, and over-does things. His verdict: Astra suits knowledge workers, but Fable 5.1 is the winner for hard coding tasks.

Related event: Developers find Astra tuned for 3D but token-hungry on large codebases(3 posts)→

Original post →

More from coding & agent

coding & agent channel →