Viewing profile — sutterd

I think there are different views you can have here. I think PG is in the group that thinks if you get a billion dollars, you earned a billion dollars. His distinction is between g…

Fable was a big improvement in planning for me over Opus. I usually do a bit of work preparing tasks before handing them off to Opus or else I get bad results. I didn't plan on wri…

A large share of invested money is passive, especially in the S&P 500. If some people pull out, it could cause a very damaging cascade. There would be a forced sale of stocks with …

I am doing a solo project that is pretty big, meaning it is not something I could vibe code. I can do alot with AI that I could never do on my own, but I am not seeing several muli…

Doh! The part past the # does not go to the sever, so that wasn't a longer URL. How about: https://chrismorgan.info/%6e%6f-%71%75%65%72%79-%73%74%72%69...

This url worked fine: https://chrismorgan.info/no-query-strings#:~:text=So%20I%E2%... but this one was too long: https://chrismorgan.info/no-query-strings?a=1

I never adopted Opus 4.6 because it was too prone to doing things on its own. Anthropic called it "a bias towards action". I think 4.5 and 4.7 are much better in this regard. I'm n…

I’m working on a side project and AI is writing all the code. The code it produces is not good, and this comes from someone who has experience producing bad code. One thing I’m wor…

What kind of performance are people getting now? I was running 4.7 yesterday and it did a remarkably bad job. I recreated my repo state exactly and ran the same starting task with …

With my use of Claude code, I find 4.7 to be pretty good about clarifying things. I hated 4.6 for not doing this and had generally kept using 4.5. Maybe they put this in the chat p…

I am getting pretty good performance. Even on trivial questions it seems to go through the thinking process end. If they are using adaptive thinking, it seems to work much better t…

You don't have to use adaptive thinking. It had been turned off on my main work computer. I was using a different computer on a trip and I started getting so angry at Claude for do…

I liked Opus 4.5 but hated 4.6. Every few weeks I tried 4.6 and, after a tirade against, I switched back to 4.5. They said 4.6 had a "bias towards action", which I think meant it j…

I still use 4.5. I occasionally try 4.6 but always switch back. The “bias towards action” is what I hate. 4.5 would make sure it understands what I want. 4.6 will just make shit up…

I was surprised to see a post by Petzold on this subject. I know who he is. But I don’t think you owe an apology here. I think you made a thoughtful comment. A post like his should…

The spec contains formal, numbered items which are requirements and also serve to make tests (these are spec tests, additional implementation tests are also allowed by the implemen…

I am trying a similar spec driven development idea in a project I am working on. One big difference is that my specifications are not formalized that much. Tney are in plain langua…

Is wealth the right term here? I thought it was supposed to measure production, with the actual measurement usually spending (with qualifiers). And, when comparing countries, you h…

I’m working on a solo project, a location-based game platform that includes games like Pac-Man you play by walking paths in a park. If I cut my coding time to zero, that might make…

I am also _not_ happy. I tried the `/model` command and I could not switch back to Opus 4.5. However, the command line option did let me set Opus 4.5: ``` claude --model claude-opu…

I thought Opus 4.5 was an incredible quantum leap forward. I have used Opus 4.6 for a few hours and I hate it. Opus 4.5 would work interactively with me and ask questions. I loved …

My go-to models have been Claude and Gemini for a long time. I have been using Gemini for discussions and Claude for coding and now as an agent. Claude has been the best at doing w…

This does make the food much _cheaper_. You can buy food with high quality standards in the US but it is much more expensive. Most people in the US choose the cheaper option.

I do exactly what you are describing and it seems to work for me, from a vitamin D perspective. I started this because I read a paper stating the same health benefits were not seen…

To be fair, the portion of the tariffs passed on to the consumer is a regressive tax. The portion of the tariff that is covered by the American companies is more complicated and pr…