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Re:Is Opus 5.5 nerfed? Thinking patterns changed on November 3 by nickalaso on Monday November 09, 2026 @03:35PM (#50431684)
Yeah, I'm also amazed how the conversation is always about 'coding', like these models are only good for that, and are going to replace all software engineers while leaving everyone else alone.

IMO these models are best at non-coding tasks. They of course have to use a computer, but from CAD generation, 3d Modeling, emails, legal and academic analysis, etc. these models are incredibly capable, and we are going to see a massive shift in the entire job market due to this, and ironically I suspect one of if not the most protected career as a result of this massive upcoming buildout will actually be software engineers.

Re:Is Opus 5.5 nerfed? Thinking patterns changed on November 3 by p00ki3 on Monday November 09, 2026 @05:55PM (#50433501)
Essentially I agree about not reducing them to just coding apps.

Am ultimately whittling everything down to Linux kernel + inference + data model so far captured from my current OS use.

Am ready to be done with syntactic programming of the machine. Rather than label the filesystem with context I can label entities in the viewport and those entities can happen to look like word processors not just video game characters.

An basically making a Blender-clone designed to browse and edit models that replaces the usual desktop metaphor.

Then I can noodle the virtual geometry, label it and understand under the hood its just a function factory mutating geometry of memory address truth table and display truth table.

The last gasp/push to rid ourselves of OOP is upon us; code objects of all kinds gonna be dead sooner than later.

Not sure I agree then software engineers will be insulated when everyone can do state management through visual edits. Maybe visual design work will still be a thing; the how to get machine into desired state is most certainly not going to be with visual syntax structure fir much longer