Early Hands-On: Astra Matches Sol on Usage Cost but Still Needs Heavy Steering for System Design
zeeg · x · 2026-09-11
Developer zeeg's first impressions of Astra: it doesn't burn through usage much faster than Sol, and he notices no tangible difference on most tasks he's given it — both still require quite a lot of steering for good systems design. He adds that Astra's responses are at least less annoying than Sol's.
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