mitsuhiko ditches OpenAI's Astra for coding, calls it a genuine regression vs 5.6
mitsuhiko · x · 2026-09-08
Armin Ronacher (mitsuhiko) says Astra is amazing but he's back to 5.6 for software engineering — the first time he feels an OpenAI model release is a genuine regression for his day-to-day workflows. He might write up his full thoughts.
Related event: mitsuhiko Ditches OpenAI's Astra for Coding, Reverts to GPT-5.6(2 posts)→
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