Asking Opus to remove one thing yields 4,000 lines of tests and a 19,000-word psychological novel
jh3yy · x · 2026-11-11
A classic Opus experience: one prompt — "hey opus please go remove <thing>" — returns "removed, plus 4,000 lines of tests asserting the thing no longer exists so it can't come back unnoticed." The quote adds the punchline: Opus also allegedly wrote a 19,000-word psychological novel in the README analyzing the internal conflict behind the design choice.
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