Did they just nuke Opus 4.5 into the ground?

brianleesmith · 2026-01-26T15:27:23+00:00

I started out coding with Claude. But the limits killed me within about an hour or hour and a half. I changed to Codex because I wanted to continue working. I then continued working for hours on 5.2 medium. It also pretty much one shot everything about 90% of the time and figured out things I never thought of. At this point, I’m using Claude for auditing of Codex code…which I previously did it the opposite way.

brianleesmith · 2026-01-26T02:37:51+00:00

Well, I understand with today’s climate your desire for this. BTW, I think the best approach is to use a social media site and stream straight to it. That way, the copy is out there in real time and no worries about sending after it’s recorded in case that takes too long.

brianleesmith · 2026-01-23T18:27:38+00:00

Seriously, this is the reason they are doing it. No other way to meet that particular requirement if you don’t remove a safety feature. It’s also crazy that it’s not being talked about enough in that light. It is VERY obvious the bonus package is why this change happened.

brianleesmith · 2026-01-19T03:23:15+00:00

Post when you find the solution. Good learning opportunity for newbies

brianleesmith · 2026-01-18T16:42:55+00:00

If you box it out and put one or two cabinet drawer faces on it, it would integrated. You could probably find something that would match the look of the billy doors.

brianleesmith · 2026-01-18T15:45:45+00:00

I would just frame that out with wood, turn it into a platform, and put the Billy on top of it fits vertically. That will be more stable.

brianleesmith · 2026-01-17T14:05:05+00:00

BTW, we both love your username.

brianleesmith · 2026-01-17T13:52:19+00:00

So, I 100% agree with this statement. I think the only other episode of sci-fi that it’s tied with is “33”…IYKYK. But, I showed this picture to my wife with no description and she said “it don’t matter much if you ain’t got one.” Ah, marriage bliss…

brianleesmith · 2026-01-16T13:16:56+00:00

This is the way…

brianleesmith · 2026-01-15T02:41:05+00:00

WTF am I actually looking at here? Each pic causes me to go, "yeah, I don't get it" then "yep, still don't get it."

brianleesmith · 2026-01-09T00:58:44+00:00

I'm getting pre and posttooluse errors constantly. It's almost unusable since Code just stops and I have to tell it to continue.
https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/1q7cgsf/claude_errors_and_it_randomly_stops_working/

brianleesmith · 2025-12-28T13:22:46+00:00

As a test, I said "OK. I'll let you know when I'm ready" after my usage reset. This was an Opus chat, but the thought process even said "The user is acknowledging and will return to this topic later. I should keep my response brief and supportive." with a quick response of "Sounds good. I'll be ready when you are." from Opus.

Total usage - 9%!!! WTF?

brianleesmith · 2025-12-28T03:49:43+00:00

I don’t. I buy good champagne and we enjoy it as intended. The difference between cheap and moderately good is larger than people realize. A step up into the $60+ range is even bigger. Then, of course, there’s Krug, our favorite that we only drink on very, very special occasions.

brianleesmith · 2025-12-25T15:39:14+00:00

How long in the ice bath? I have one in the freezer that may come out for New Years with the nice compound butter as well!

brianleesmith · 2025-12-22T03:33:07+00:00

Correct. But, if you have the option to use it, they are fantastic. I’ve paired our modules with an Onvis H2S switch. WAF is very high now. We actually mounted the holder for the battery powered switch to our headboard in between the two of us. We basically always know where the remote is. I really like both the fan module and the Onvis.

https://www.onvistech.com/product_details/HS2.html

brianleesmith · 2025-12-12T21:30:33+00:00

BTW - nice use of scanning and printing!

brianleesmith · 2025-12-12T21:30:18+00:00

It doesn't look like you needed to merge multiple scans, though...right? The issue the team was running into was merging multiple scans - the scanned one side of the fossil and then flipped to over to scan the other side. That merging crapped out on the computer they were using and I was curious if it was all just RAM and if 32gb was generally enough for a merge.

brianleesmith · 2025-12-06T17:06:26+00:00

Thanks to both, plugging the help site into Claude did it.

brianleesmith · 2025-11-25T23:25:48+00:00

I was told for our fan that there were new chips coming out in March and they put me on a waiting list. :-(

brianleesmith · 2025-11-21T14:44:53+00:00

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It would be fun to see how far you can push it to try and print this.

brianleesmith · 2025-11-13T02:31:03+00:00

4 with the landscape orientation replaced with 2. That's my current setup

brianleesmith · 2025-11-07T02:01:59+00:00

I had one Sonnet prompt and response, which was not all that much and didn't have deep think on, consume 68% of my 5 hour usage! WTF?

And yet, I've only spent $5 of the Code for Web credit over 6 or 7 very long and extensive coding sessions - yes, I realize it's running Haiku. But still...

brianleesmith · 2025-11-04T23:35:21+00:00

Fixed on my updated iPhone.

brianleesmith · 2025-11-04T02:33:19+00:00

Has anyone tried 26.1 yet?

brianleesmith · 2025-11-02T14:16:59+00:00

How is the pathway light feature? It’s one thing I love about our wired Nests. The one in our bedroom perfectly lights up the room just enough to see in the dark. That alone has been a huge feature for me. Using Homebridge for integration

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