'Opus built it in 30 minutes' — but merges tripled while code sits 2 days in review
Specialist_Agent3599 · reddit · 2026-09-29
A Reddit post pushes back on the ritual celebration of every model release: "Opus 5.5 built the whole feature in 30 minutes" tells only half the story.
- The author's team merges 3x more than last year, yet fewer people can explain what was actually shipped
- Code written in 30 minutes then sits in review for 2 days — 8,000 lines nobody asked for
- coderabbit and bugbot handle first-pass review, but someone still must decide whether the thing should exist at all
The author uses AI all day and isn't anti-AI; they question why we celebrate when the part that was already the bottleneck got worse.
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