alt Hacker News> Just the jump from Sonnet 3.5 to 3.7 to 4.5, and Opus 4.5 has been pretty massive in terms of holistic reasoning, deep knowledge as well as better procedural and architectural adherence.
I don't really agree. Aside from how it handled frontend code, changes in Sonnet did not truly impact my overall productivity (from Sonnet 3.7 to 4 to 4.5, i did not try 3.5). Opus 4.5/Codex 5.2 are when the changes truly happenned for me (and i'm still a bit distrustfull of Codex 5.2, but i use it basically to help me during PRs).
That's fine. Maybe you're holding it wrong, or maybe your work is too esoteric/niche/complex for newer models to be bigger productivity boosters. Some of mine certainly is, I get that. But for other stuff, these newer models are incredible productivity boosters.
I also chat with these models for long hours about deep, complicated STEM subjects and am very impressed with the level of holistic knowledge and wisdom compared to models a year ago. And the abstract math story has gotten sooooo much better.