Astra vs Sol in real use: slightly more usage, no tangible gains, still needs heavy steering
SaaiArora · x · 2026-09-11
Saai Arora shares hands-on observations comparing the new Astra model to Sol: Astra doesn't eat through usage much faster, shows no tangible improvement on the majority of tasks he assigns, and still requires quite a lot of steering to produce good systems design. A sober field report on how much frontier coding models actually help in practice.
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