Mixed
Sonnet 4.5 is disappointing in that it does't fundamentally bring me more than 3.5 did it's just a bit better at execution
rafaelmn on Hacker News
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Helped: Claude 3.5 generated simple code, unlike earlier models.
Got in the way: Sonnet 4.5 offers no fundamental improvement and is slow.
… Claude 3.5 was actually where it could generate simple stuff. Progress kind of tapered off since tho, Claude is still best but Sonnet 4.5 is disappointing in that it does't fundamentally bring me more than 3.5 did it's just a bit better at execution - but I still can't delegate higher level problems to it. Top tier models are sometimes surprisingly good but they take forever.