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YesClaude · 27 Apr 2026

It hardy ever fails for no reason even if I forget to give it all the right context

eddyzh on Hacker News

20-35% of the time

In the thread “Ask HN: Can you tell the difference between Claude Sonnet and Opus?”

Helped: Opus handles missing context better than Sonnet.

Got in the way: Sonnet misunderstands intent frequently.

At work I use opus max Fast It hardy ever fails for no reason even if I forget to give it all the right context. At home i run sonnet, and it does not get what I meant or expected 20-35% of the time. …