Early user feedback: Claude xhigh/ultracode feels overeager vs plain opus high
MarvinTBaumann · x · 2026-09-22
Developer Marvin Baumann reports that Claude's xhigh/ultracode mode feels overeager and annoying compared to basic opus high. Early real-world feedback suggesting the more aggressive reasoning tier may overreach in practice.
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