Critic backflips: Opus 5.5 is 'a great model' that just works
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-09-29
Blogger teortaxesTex publicly admits he was wrong, saying that with some algorithmic assistance from Astra, he found Opus 5.5 to be a great model that "just works." A notable third-party sentiment shift for Claude's new model.
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