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Re:Is Opus 5.5 nerfed? Thinking patterns changed on November 3 by pennomi on Monday November 09, 2026 @09:10AM (#50425870)
No, they should not change the model at all when you select the model.
Re:Is Opus 5.5 nerfed? Thinking patterns changed on November 3 by boxed on Monday November 09, 2026 @10:17AM (#50426818)
No improvements to prompts, tooling, harness between model releases? Is this really what you want? I don't think you've thought this through at all.
Re:Is Opus 5.5 nerfed? Thinking patterns changed on November 3 by nozzlegear on Monday November 09, 2026 @12:04PM (#50428318)
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Re:Is Opus 5.5 nerfed? Thinking patterns changed on November 3 by dang on Monday November 09, 2026 @01:01PM (#50429067)
Please make your substantive points without crossing into swipes or putdowns.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Re:Is Opus 5.5 nerfed? Thinking patterns changed on November 3 by pennomi on Monday November 09, 2026 @01:44PM (#50429716)
I don’t think I said anything about prompts, tooling, or harnesses.

The model itself should not be substituted(for example, quantized) without an explicit SKU change.