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YesClaude · 27 Apr 2026

Opus 4.6 actually solved the entire bug on its first try

SyneRyder on Hacker News

100 hours

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

Helped: Opus solved complex legacy bug; Sonnet created working driver.

Got in the way: Sonnet code caused kernel panics when audio settings changed.

… Opus 4.5 was the first to create a "workaround", that would shut down the program just before the crash and at least let a customer save their work. But Opus 4.6 actually solved the entire bug on its first try. That's the moment when I really wished AI had existed earlier, thinking of the 100s of hours of my life wasted trying to debug this thing - time I would rather have spent with loved ones. …