[LaurensBER]

Based on my first impressions it's about 6 months behind the frontier labs. So very similar to Opus in January.

That is, pretty damn impressive and very useable. When it comes to architecture or complex problems it does noticeable worse but I don't think anyone expected anything else.

One particular interesting strong point seems to be design and user interfaces. It does seem to punch above it's weight there but that might just be personal preference.

[pastel8739]

Opus in January was right about when AI became actually useful for coding for me. So if that’s the case, that is absolutely great.

[ignoramous]

> Based on my first impressions it's about 6 months behind the frontier labs. So very similar to Opus in January.

According to this one benchmark, I find it amusing that Qwen3.6 27B beats ALL "frontier lab" models on coding Kotlin: https://archive.vn/RYBCL / https://gertlabs.com/rankings?mode=agentic_coding&language=k...

[ThouYS]

3.6 is an absolute beast! makes you wonder why the big heavy models are even needed?!

[jstummbillig]

> When it comes to architecture or complex problems it does noticeable worse but I don't think anyone expected anything else.

So it's not really similar to opus in January?

[byw]

> Opus in January

So pre-nerf Opus?

[ifwinterco]

Was going to say, I don't think Opus has really got much better in the last 6mo.

It just goes in cycles of being better and then being worse again, presumably based on how much Anthropic are having to optimise inference

[becomevocal]

Appreciate the quick take! Sounds like a keeper to me. I think the Opus and Fable design (that I saw for a short while) have gotten stale

[GCUMstlyHarmls]

> I think the Opus and Fable design (that I saw for a short while) have gotten stale

Can you expand on what you mean by stale? I don't get how an artefact-producer can get "stale" besides literally out-of-data information which I dont think you mean because you mention fable.

[collingreen]

I think they mean the style these tend to put out is becoming noticeable in too many places and therefore the resulting frontends feel stale, ie not "fresh" or unique

[Lord-Jobo]

It’s insanely impressive and I’m so glad that the space has actual competition