alt Hacker NewsIt seems to be true this time though; I have observed it myself and heard it from several experienced developers I personally know and respect. It feels like some threshold was crossed with Opus 4.5 and Gpt 5.3, where the models are now able to reliably solve certain classes of problems that were previously unreliable.
Time will tell of course, and it’s early, but inflection points do exist with progress.
I wonder how much of it is real and how much of it is people just being worn down by the hype to the point they can't fight it anymore
Very smart people aren't immune to being worn down over time