alt Hacker NewsI feel Argon is about as good as Opus 5.5 but I find Opus annoyingly sarcastic and incomprehensible.
I know it's a matter of personal taste but it reminds me of a grad student that tries to sound smarter than he is by being dismissive and opaque.
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Yes, exactly! Maybe not sarcastic but definitely using jargon and being opaque like we all know it, it’s just hinting. Feels like talking to someone who’s constantly trying to prove to me they are smart(er).
Agree I do not like the way Opus 5.5 communicates with me. It feels like it is trying to act superior in a condescending way. DO NOT LIKE. I have not used Argon yet but Gemini 3.8 Flash has been a joy to use in comparison (and so fast!) as a daily driver.
Yes! Literal copy paste from my session with Opus 5.5 this morning:
> You gave me a long answer but it didn’t answer my question: can we safely remove $X
Opus 5.5 has the personality of a proud righteous nerd, definitely incomprehensible at times, unless you explicitly tells it to slow it down, it crams information far too dense.
Great model to architect and resolve eng. problems in a harness loop tho. Poor handoff.