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ben8bittoday at 9:36 AM2 repliesview on HN

Interesting, I generally use High for all models, even non Anthropic ones.

This was one of the few times I tried Max, and the problem was the code (it listed as a "hole") was directly adjacent to the problem area, and not especially complex.

Kind of like looking at a washing machine and telling the customer to be careful because the inlet pipe will pump water into an empty box.


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ValentineCtoday at 10:40 AM

I believe the reasoning for not using anything higher than medium is that Opus 5 has a tendency to overthink at higher effort levels.

So I guess the washing machine analogy is that you've somehow added too much detergent because the new formula is 3x as strong, and your clothes are very clean, but the fibres have also degraded leaving your clothes a bit threadbare.

kingkongjaffatoday at 10:42 AM

GPT5.6-Sol is brilliant on Max in my experience.

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