No
With some entirely novel work we're doing, it's actually a hindrance as it consistently tells us the approach isn't valid/won't work (it will) and then enters "absolutely right" loops when corrected
JDye on Hacker News
In the thread “Opus 4.5 is not the normal AI agent experience that I have had thus far”, replying to this comment
Helped: Minor refactors across many files.
Got in the way: Novel proxy logic; incorrect assertions and stubborn loops.
… It doesn't seem to understand proxying and how it works on both a protocol level and business logic level. With some entirely novel work we're doing, it's actually a hindrance as it consistently tells us the approach isn't valid/won't work (it will) and then enters "absolutely right" loops when corrected. I still believe those who rave about it are not writing anything I would consider "engineering". …