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YesClaude · 11 Jun 2026

The kinds of detailed (and excellent) plans Opus or Fable can generate on our large code base would take me maybe 1-2 days to work through and they do in 10-20 minutes

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1-2 days to work through vs 10-20 minutes

In the thread “Build a Basic AI Agent from Scratch: Long Task Planning”, replying to this comment

Helped: Generating detailed plans for large code bases.

Got in the way: Handling unstated assumptions about how things need to be done.

The kinds of detailed (and excellent) plans Opus or Fable can generate on our large code base would take me maybe 1-2 days to work through and they do in 10-20 minutes. Maybe I spent 2-4 hours reviewing it, checking things with colleagues etc. …