Opus 5.5 reportedly notably stronger than Astra at writing custom kernels
DimitrisPapail · x · 2026-10-29
Dimitris Papail notes that, perhaps surprisingly, Opus 5.5 is considerably stronger than Astra at writing custom kernels — a brief but notable capability observation for low-level engineering tasks.
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