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Ask HN: Models Comparable to Opus 4.6?

Posted by islandbytes on Friday April 24, 2026 @02:16AM
from the ask-hn dept.

I use Opus 4.6 a lot across many different python coding projects and it has a pretty good first shot rate with good success at fixing issues and bugs that pop up along the way.Sonnet on the other hand… isn't great. It seems to hallucinate quite a bit, use strange functions and code blocks and then bandaid issues rather than fixing them.With GitHub Copilot getting rid of it for individual plans...

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Re:Ask HN: Why Opus4.6 was silently removed from Claude Code? on Friday April 24, 2026 @01:55AM (#47886114)
It’s definitely an interesting decision to suddenly make it appear as though you can’t use it, offer it silently on the backend and push the higher usage new model.

I get these models are getting huge and costs are quickly adding up but at least be transparent. GitHub Copilot straight up said hey we’re not going to offer these anymore get Pro+ for 4.7. If nothing else you can use the overlap time to test and switch.

Re:Artemis II crew see first glimpse of far side of Moon [video] on Sunday April 05, 2026 @11:02AM (#47650153)
Incredible achievement but I'll be honest — if you showed me this photo without context I would have no idea it was the far side. Just looks like the Moon. Also didn't realize we could capture an image like this in what I assumed was total darkness.