Opus 4.7 is horrible at writing

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Opus 4.7 seems to reach ChatGPT levels of verbosity in code and loves to overcomplicate the most simple things.

This is something it spit out just now (trimmed a 9 line comment though):

        let keepSize = 0;
        let overBudget = false;

        await this.items.orderBy('[priority+dateUpdated+size]')
            .reverse()
            .eachPrimaryKey((primaryKey, cursor) => {
                if (overBudget) {
                    evictKeys.push(primaryKey as string);
                    return;
                }

                const key = cursor.key as [number, number, number];
                const itemSize = key[2];
                const contribution = itemSize > 0 ? itemSize : 0;

                if (keepSize + contribution > maxSize) {
                    overBudget = true;
                    evictKeys.push(primaryKey as string);
                    return;
                }

                keepSize += contribution;
            });

Come on now... what? For a start that entire thing with its boolean flag, two branches, and two early returns could be replaced with:

        let totalSize = 0;

        await this.items.orderBy('[priority+dateUpdated+size]')
            .reverse()
            .eachPrimaryKey((primaryKey, cursor) => {
                const key = cursor.key as [number, number, number];
                const itemSize = key[2];
                const contribution = itemSize > 0 ? itemSize : 0;

                totalSize += contribution;

                if (totalSize > maxSize) {
                    evictKeys.push(primaryKey as string);
                }
            });

I'm back to 4.6 for now. Seems to require a lot less manual cleanup.

You shouldn't. Using LLMs for coding is also considered fraud by many academic boards if that code is a core contribution of the thesis.

Increasingly, a masters degree is now a piece of paper attesting that you managed to cheat your way through uni using AI. "Congrats, you spent X years at Y location. You unlocked the right to play [role] - we recommend you keep using AI to do your new job."

4.7 is unusually verbose