alt Hacker NewsComments like this boggle my mind.
The model which everyone else raves about and is wildly successful with legions of programmers virtually demanding access while abandoning ChatGPT and Copilot in droves, is rather dumb?
Have you considered that it's more likely that you're doing something wrong?
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piguin • last Sunday at 12:29 PM
My own experience is that the vast majority of programmers have experience with one model and maybe some short usage of earlier models from a competing choice but want to be using the model with the highest popularity and reputation. I've worked with people who actually had to test multiple choices for their team who didn't understand why they were pressured to select Claude for programmer morale.
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gigatexal • last Sunday at 12:33 PM
Exactly what I’m thinking, too.
> is wildly successful with legions of programmers virtually demanding access while abandoning ChatGPT and Copilot in droves
Do you have a source for that? Codex went from 5 million users to 9 million users in the past few weeks since GPT 5.6 released. It was so popular that Claude was forced to extend Fable access by a week and then permanently for some plans.