Burkov questions whether Sonnet 5.5 matches Opus in Claude Code at half the cost
burkov · x · 2026-09-29
ML practitioner Andriy Burkov asks whether he can switch from Opus 5.5 to Sonnet 5.5 in Claude Code, see no difference, and get twice as much done for the same $20/month — "or am I fooling myself?" The quip targets the real-world capability gap between Anthropic's two tiers in coding workflows and the value of paying for the pricier model under subscription limits.
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