Reading up on Opus
12 deep · digging since jan 29
- Fable & The End of the Free Lunch
The author argues that after Fable's high-cost release, developers must allocate work between expensive models and cheaper alternatives like GLM, ending the era of free performance gains.
- How Cursor Router chooses the right model for the task
Cursor Router uses real developer traffic data to automatically select the optimal AI model for each task, balancing cost and performance through Compass complexity prediction and a learned taxonomy.
- OG Image Inspiration — Recent
The page displays a gallery of recent Open Graph image examples from products such as Notion, Sketch, Popcorn, Opus, Clay, Equals, Fin, Attio, Warp, and Framer.
- Claude's Voice Mode Just Got Smarter
Anthropic updated Claude’s voice mode to use Sonnet/Opus models, add Gmail/Slack context, and improve language support, while noting its turn‑based design limits naturalness.
- Fable's judgement
The author learned to let Claude Code's Fable model use its own judgement to delegate coding tasks to lower-power models, improving efficiency and token usage.
- My Thoughts on AI, Part 2: Agent Setup, Workflow, and Tools
The author details his personal AI development setup and workflow using OpenCode agent, CodeNomad GUI, Opus 4.6 model, and a structured orchestrator-subtask methodology.
- Cybersecurity looks like proof of work now
AISI research shows spending more tokens on LLM vulnerability scanning yields no diminishing returns, making cybersecurity a proof-of-work arms race.
- Why I believe in SOTA models over custom ones
The future of AI is powerful general models becoming cheaper, not narrow custom models, because specialized tasks still benefit from broad intelligence.
Takes
Kimi K3 is absolutely hammering through my Windows XP Simulator to do list Claude Code couldn't do this for 2 weeks or kept getting stuck because I would get downgraded to Opus for safety then to Sonnet again for safety, useless 2 weeks of time wasted due to safety guardrails that are dumb just to protect me from making a fun hobby project Thank you China!!!!
@levelsio
the killer AI coding combo for me:opus 4.6 w/ max 20x ($200/mo) — primary workhorsegpt 5.3 codex w/ plus ($20/mo) — review pipeline + weird bugsall via CLI and @conductor_build
@Shpigford
here's some tips for prompting Opus 4.6 + taking advantage of some new API features (e.g., adaptive thinking, 1M context, context compaction, + more). https://t.co/5Lucl0g73n
@RLanceMartin
Since most of my work now involves reviewing plans in Markdown files, I had Opus create a native macOS Markdown viewer for me. Features include: table of contents, file auto-reload, scroll position persistence, and native macOS tabs.I'm too busy to release this officially… pic.twitter.com/6RPdiGV4Fs
@frankdilo