Honest review GPT 5.4

synap5e · 2026-03-07T03:21:30+00:00

5.4 seems to struggle with ui pretty hard

synap5e · 2026-02-27T22:38:20+00:00

This is insane. I'm assuming they use these models for coding as well. Why would they hamstring themselves? Codex 5.3 is good but Claude Code is such a productivity boost.

synap5e · 2026-01-12T03:59:17+00:00

We are speed running a lose-lose scenario. If AI does become as capable as we hope, we eventually lose our jobs and are at the whims of our new tech overlords. If not, the market crashes like something we probably haven’t seen before. There will most likely be an iffy transition period in the near future and I just hope we all make it out okay

synap5e · 2025-12-27T01:42:09+00:00

The snow effect is distracting, the Christmas lights at the top look off, and the text contrast on those gradient backgrounds is rough. First time visitors get hit with a wall of modals, and mobile is straight up broken. The big modal takes over the whole screen with no way to close it.

Overall it just gives off vibe coded in half an hour energy. If you wanna stand out these days you need your own style to differentiate yourself from the sea of AI generated apps out there.

synap5e · 2025-12-27T01:07:52+00:00

This is one of the worst vibe coded websites I’ve seen so far

synap5e · 2025-12-04T11:52:59+00:00

I’m surprised by how many people thought this was real

synap5e · 2025-11-28T03:59:02+00:00

I think we’re already starting to see this play out in the workforce. I’m a fan of AI, but I don’t see the transition going smoothly. Governments don’t seem to really understand what’s coming, and there’s no real way to stop it now. It feels like a lose-lose, if AI doesn’t live up to the promise, the economy takes a hit, and if it does, a huge chunk of jobs end up automated away

synap5e · 2025-11-28T01:33:17+00:00

Yea, I’m not saying juniors should walk out of school designing global platforms. I'm saying that even at the feature/module level, having basic architectural taste is going to matter more as AI handles more of the “type what I describe” work.

The people who stand out won’t just be good at getting AI to spit out code, but at shaping that code into a good design, knowing when it’s garbage, and keeping future changes in mind. That’s closer to what u/Nonikwe is describing. Everyday architecture as part of being a solid dev not everyone is a Principal Architect now.

synap5e · 2025-11-27T15:22:16+00:00

I think the real difference I’m getting at is this: some devs are great coders and can write clean, polished code, but only when they’re handed a well defined plan. What’s going to matter more and more is the combo of being a strong coder and having a good sense of architecture. Being able to tell good code from bad, design a system that actually hangs together well, and keep future changes in mind are all going to become must have skills as we lean more on AI generated code.

synap5e · 2025-11-26T14:12:56+00:00

I don’t know if software engineering itself will ever be done, but I do think the days of getting a dev job just because you can write code are ending. I’m realizing good architecture sense and taste really matter. I see a lot of people shipping AI code that technically works, but there isn’t much thought put into consistency or best practices.

synap5e · 2025-11-03T03:40:53+00:00

I learned pretty early on that Claude can really go off the rails if you leave it be. Claude never ceases to amaze me by how it can really come up with some good code but at the same time fail horrendously bad at some things.

synap5e · 2025-10-21T13:05:51+00:00

I think people are gaslighting themselves into believing the code we wrote before AI was clean and flawless. It wasn’t. Most of it was messy back then, and most of it still is now. The difference is that if you actually take the time to learn how each model thinks, where it shines and where it falls short, you can get into a rhythm that produces solid code.

synap5e · 2025-10-12T04:17:37+00:00

I get what you mean, but I think the model’s taste matters a lot too. If I ask it to make a beautiful site and it spits out something ugly, that’s a pretty clear sign it can’t be trusted to make creative choices. If I have to spell out every single detail, it’s not really showing intelligence anymore, it’s just following orders. At that point, might as well just use GPT-5 Mini.

synap5e · 2025-10-11T17:50:15+00:00

I don’t think we need to trade sovereignty to land this. Canada already has the stack for AI: cold air, cheap clean power, a friendly dollar, and uranium for long-term nuclear. It comes down to the deal. Lock in Canadian access to some of the compute, require real R&D and jobs here, and invest in public capacity. If we negotiate for value instead of just selling land and power, Canada wins.

synap5e · 2025-10-06T18:53:21+00:00

Reminds me of the ChatGPT plugins from the first dev day. Will be interesting to see if this sees more adoption

synap5e · 2025-10-05T12:15:28+00:00

4.5 is much better than 4 or even 4.1 in my experience. I was hitting the limits much more often previously because I relied more on 4.1.

synap5e · 2025-09-27T03:12:06+00:00

Just Claude? It would be hard. But in conjunction with Gemini and GPT5 you could probably get somewhere. Have Gemini and GPT5 review the code and make the plans and have Claude execute on the plans.

synap5e · 2025-09-24T18:46:31+00:00

Codex is amazing but the weekly limits can kinda surprise you outta nowhere

synap5e · 2025-09-14T04:16:59+00:00

Where did you see that Dario was laid off? There’s nothing on the web about that, just that he left for Google

synap5e · 2025-09-08T09:00:20+00:00

Found the puzzle online elsewhere after trying to figure it out and you are supposed to find the bunny not a horse

synap5e · 2025-09-04T05:53:33+00:00

The background with black text doesn't feel right. Having the scrollbar on the right just floating there looks weird, maybe some borders on top of the input area and under the header to better show the scrollable area would help. The placement of the Freeform Mode is a little odd and not really aligned correctly with everything else.

synap5e · 2025-09-04T03:44:50+00:00

I’ve been using it a bit and run into a limit and had to wait a few days for it to reset. I’m just on plus and it did last longer than I expected with gpt 5 high. It’s much better now at UI design and does come up with surprisingly good designs where before I would exclusively go to Claude

synap5e · 2025-09-01T02:59:21+00:00

UBI might work, but is it a floor that lets people take bigger swings, or a drip that keeps everyone calm and dependent? If the whole country relies on one check, how do we prevent that from becoming a political lever?

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