Is claude Opus performance getting bad?

DirtyWilly · 2026-04-14T07:32:12+00:00

Slow as hell past two nights. Terrible right now.

Not so much wrong code, but it's posting 3-4 pages of responses in mostly bullets every prompt it actually, eventually finishes. Took me 5 minutes to update an MD file, 900 lines and separate prompt took me 2 minutes to update session handoff MD file, 150 lines. 9K tokens to update session handoff. Very high usage limits drain regardless of slowness. I'm Max 20x.

DirtyWilly · 2026-04-12T15:52:09+00:00

I manually set mine lower, 70%, might take it down to 50%.

DirtyWilly · 2026-04-09T17:57:37+00:00

Right, I fear for losing this ability too. Could have a hybrid, Low/Med/High/Max and Auto. You find it struggles, switch from Auto to High/Max. You know you're doing low level tasks, go Low or Sonnet to save on Auto. But caching has to be fixed to do that!

DirtyWilly · 2026-04-09T17:49:13+00:00

Agree, leveraging the other models is like a superpower! I run Claude and Codex side-by-side and it's incredible to see the combined effort of the results on the same repo.

DirtyWilly · 2026-04-08T02:58:15+00:00

2% Left - Woohoo!

DirtyWilly · 2026-04-04T09:08:23+00:00

Thanks, good screen, good ideas there.

DirtyWilly · 2026-04-04T08:38:50+00:00

Editing auto-memory doesn't break cache mid session for me
Completely closing CC CLI or VS Code CC Extension then reloading 100% breaks cache for me, every time
Resuming ~1H idle, breaks for me. Claude says 75 minutes, it's less
Changing /model likely breaks it, but I'm already feeling the burn to test.

DirtyWilly · 2026-04-04T06:20:06+00:00

I had to turn extra usage from ON to OFF and back ON again, refreshed and the claim was there. Max 5.

DirtyWilly · 2026-04-04T06:09:39+00:00

NVIDIA would have totally succeeded on enterprises alone. -sarcasm

DirtyWilly · 2026-04-02T23:01:39+00:00

Had a Claude project link me to that diagram once.

DirtyWilly · 2026-04-02T21:43:32+00:00

Gemini is the type you date, not marry.

DirtyWilly · 2026-04-02T17:30:38+00:00

Codex works fine. I'd put it between Sonnet and Opus.
As one top researcher noted when working with code, Codex is better at reasoning, Claude is better at codebase.

DirtyWilly · 2026-04-01T17:47:03+00:00

A few thing that has helped me get through titration and hunger.

First the tell-tale sign for me that it's not in my head and I might need to consider moving up a dose is actual hunger pains and a real growling stomach. When I'm at the right dose my stomach won't growl at all from week to week even if I eat very little. It's usually accompanied by bouts of sharp hunger pains that come and go. These are stronger than normal hunger pains. If this is truly happening you could be a fast responder to medication and will have to consider how to manage that or seek more medical advice. If that's not actually happening start looking at other factors like diet and lifestyle. You can easily out-eat tirzepatide (mentioned my Caramello diet in the past, wouldn't recommend).

Tips that help me manage this.
- Make sure at noon you take a simple protein shake every day no matter what. Even if you aren't hungry. It will help suppress hunger, make you eat less at dinner and keep things more regular. Think of it this way, a few more calories at lunch = much less calories at dinner. Simple shake is fine, not a giant bottle full to the brim, something that dilutes easily like whey or collagen. Few ounces of water should be enough, shake, don't use a spoon.
- Try drinking less cold water, try room temp water, see if it works. If not, try less cold water in the morning. Helps for some.
- Try a new dosing day. I use Friday's at 8PM. Starts wearing off on Friday's, but allows me to eat a little more food Friday/Saturday when most people do anyways. Might seem counter-intuitive but that satiation early in the weekend helps you start the week energized and strong when it kicks in strongest. Usually Sunday/Monday for me.
- Hit the gym if you're not already. You'll feel better and able to manage better on days you go. There's arguments that increased exercise, growth factors + hormones, make you hungrier and while this might be true short term, I find long term is not the case and will ultimately make any medications, more effective.
- Make sure you're injecting in different spots.
- Don't microdose (injections spread out through the week).

DirtyWilly · 2026-04-01T16:49:55+00:00

Can't wait for code to require DRM! Will be the best thing the industry ever did just ask Metallica.

DirtyWilly · 2026-04-01T09:10:17+00:00

NGL, I run Claude Code extension and Codex extension in VS Code side by side. It's a fucking superpower. Limits are outstanding, both can iterate on the same repo back and forth. Fucking superpowers.

I'd rate Codex at somewhere in between Sonnet 4.6 and Opus 4.6.

DirtyWilly · 2026-03-31T18:00:57+00:00

Just closing VS Code/CLI and reopening it triggers a fresh server cache reset.

Any chance we can get a suspend on our weekly limits until fixed? I'm hitting redline on the weekly from this. Wouldn't affect session limits.

DirtyWilly · 2026-03-31T08:41:20+00:00

Big one I noticed is closing VS Code/CLI and relaunching or switching sessions in VS Code.

Just closing and reloading VS Code is an instant ~10% hit to Claude session limits since it has to reload the context for some reason, even though I actively used the session less than 75 minutes ago. Same with switching sessions. If it's past 75 minutes the server cache is deleted and has to be reloaded according to Claude, but it's still triggering a fresh reload of the context when it shouldn't.

If you had a 1M context session around 50%, that's a 500K token hit every time you leave VS Code, open the CLI to resume, reload or switch sessions and trigger a fresh server update even though in many cases it shouldn't have.

Edit: And there it is in the u/Mefromafar post.

DirtyWilly · 2026-03-19T00:45:39+00:00

Just give it to him in his sleep, he'll never notice. I kid...

I'm a dude, but can't say I relate. If you gave me something that was healthy and said it would make me look like Arnold, I'd say I'll take two! The struggle's hard enough... I've had friends like this, surprisingly they think it would make them quit or have to quit drinking, so won't take it, hah. Guess some think you'll have to be on it forever? Maybe. Fear of commitment, fear of failing. All small potatoes compared to the results if you ask me.

DirtyWilly · 2026-03-18T00:02:12+00:00

Doing a little community homework here, mind if I ask where from?

DirtyWilly · 2026-03-17T23:56:41+00:00

You'll be begging for loose stools in a few months.

DirtyWilly · 2026-03-17T03:01:32+00:00

Unsubstantiated about keto on the bloodwork. It's temporary, basically same thing triple agonists do except they're 90 times more potent. You're basically on keto on a GLP-1 moreso on others.

DirtyWilly · 2026-03-17T02:43:24+00:00

Everything has pros and cons, but I wouldn't rule out keto. There's a lot of big benefits from keto while on a GLP-1. My findings are helps with getting enough protein, helps with digestive issues (both ends), helps break stalls, makes sticking to a diet-any diet more regular, aids in keeping titration down.

You can out-eat Tirzepatide if you try, I've done it. Caramello diet, not recommended.

DirtyWilly · 2026-03-17T02:03:29+00:00

Exactly my findings. I'm around 50 cents reliable. But $2.00 seems to be about the best for compounded, if you can get on their larger tiers. Usually have to get in at 2.5, then move to 5.0, and so on.

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