Dev says OpenAI models ignore existing design conventions, Opus still preferred for product engineering
almmaasoglu · x · 2026-10-06
Developer almmaasoglu argues that OpenAI models have a peculiar tendency to completely ignore existing design paradigms and codebase conventions, churning out off-architecture code instead.
Because of this, she says many people still prefer Claude Opus over OpenAI's Sol/Astra for product engineering work.
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