Chinese SMBs run a cat-and-mouse game using Opus for customer PCB design
xiaosun86 · x · 2026-11-11
A substantive observation: coding benchmarks mask how imbalanced Opus is versus other models — Chinese small businesses reportedly play a cat-and-mouse game just to keep using Opus for real customer work like PCB design.
The author claims pipelines collapse immediately when switching to alternatives like Argon or Astra — "literally tokens in, revenue out." Conclusion: those benchmarks are no better than Jim Cramer's stock picks, with real revenue dependence badly diverging from leaderboard rankings.
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