Rings true. 4.5 Opus and 4.6 Opus have been amazing to work with. Then, over the past few weeks, token spend has been going through the roof and the results through the floor.

Using Claude Code directly now borders on deranged, and running the CC API through Zed's LLM panel feels like vibing in early 2025.

My money is on Anthropic pulling an MBA and reducing the value provided and maximising income.

Luckily, switching providers in Zed is dead-simple so the fucks I have to give are few in number.