Claude Opus 4.8 Is a Complete Yapper
Why Opus 4.8's overthinking feels like a regression from Opus 4.6, and why Sonnet 4.6 remains my daily driver.
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Long-form notes on applied AI, frontend architecture, design systems, evaluation, and the decisions that help software hold up in production.
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Why Opus 4.8's overthinking feels like a regression from Opus 4.6, and why Sonnet 4.6 remains my daily driver.

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