alt Hacker NewsRather interesting that this makes sonnet 5 look even worse! There is no reason to use sonnet over opus with low or no reasoning at all.
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krmmalik • yesterday at 5:27 PM
My understanding is that Opus should be used for planning, macro-level conversations and Sonnet for execution.
So, for coding, for example: Opus for solution design and architectural blueprint and then Sonnet for actual implementation.
Works out cheaper with minimal loss of quality.
At least that's my personal understanding and anecdotal experience.
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I daily drive Sonnet 5/medium because it gets most things right most of the time at first try, while costing a lot less than Fable.
Opus can give better results on architectural/concept tasks and I use it sparingly, but it still costs more than Sonnet 5. Opus 5 seems to achieve results very close to Fable 5 while costing less (keeps Opus 4.8 pricing IIUC), but still more than Sonnet 5 then.