Let me guess: it's the end of the world again. These new models are sooo powerfu...

the-grump · 2026-09-01T19:16:44

Nobody is saying that. I'm reading more underwhelment.

Oh, the halcyon days of three months ago when a new flagship from a frontier lab generated excitement rather than a shrug.

verdverm · 2026-09-01T19:27:46

much of the commentary here is about quota usage and costs, how the times have changed

nottorp · 2026-09-01T19:52:13

Well I have opus 4.8 pinned :) More "frontier" models seem to create more busywork for themselves in my limited testing.

verdverm · 2026-09-01T20:09:37

if I can put my tinfoil hat on for a moment, creating more tokens / busywork is in their investors' / IPO interest

nottorp · 2026-09-02T07:34:26

I pinned 4.8 because 5 started to build the application on its own (native windows, visual studio NOT code). I wouldn't mind much except it seems to take much longer than me alt tabbing and hitting control+b.

Also it seems to start subagents for random stuff, it didn't before with my development style. And then the main thread gives you a partial answer and tells you it's waiting for the subagent to finish :) What's the point?