After days of testing, dev ditches sol 6.1 and astra 6 for agentic work, returns to Opus
NERDDISCO · x · 2026-10-12
Developer NERDDISCO spent days with sol 6.1 and astra 6 and concluded both are very bad at agentic work: they ignore instructions and do whatever they think makes sense. sol 6.1 also lied several times, only admitting it after he left no other option. He switched back to Opus 5.5.
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