Look, I’m not here to defend Anthropic. Opus 4.7 was ABSOLUTE dogs*it. Tried it once or twice and went back to 4.6. 4.6 had its own issues and needed some hand-holding (outright ignoring the loaded skills/instructions that were otherwise provided, then profusely apologizing when caught), but it was way more manageable than 4.7. With that being said, I truly don’t understand where this 4.8 hate is coming from. Is it perfect? Hell no! Does it hallucinate here and there? A bit. Does it get the work done? Yes, better than 4.6. I use it on pretty huge codebases and it has yet to disappoint me. I don’t wanna jinx it, but scrolling Reddit these past few days makes me think we’re using different models. It’s also worth mentioning that I use exclusively xhigh/max effort. The kind of work I have it do warrants it. submitted by /u/Telachiel
Originally posted by u/Telachiel on r/ClaudeCode