Mixed
Work tokens are severely limited to the extent that if I used Sonnet 5.5 for implementation, I'd be out 2h into a session
CharlieDigital on Hacker News
In the thread “SlopCodeBench 10/2026 – Opus 5.5, Astra wins overall, xhigh considered harmful”, replying to this comment
Helped: Embedding heuristics into agent config for hands-off sessions.
Got in the way: High token costs of Sonnet 5.5 for implementation.
… But why it works so well with Paseo is that it's automatic and multi-turn (agents kind of "discuss" (I say "kind of" because agents don't really discuss like you or I would with short, multi-turn speak-listen-pivot-repeat). Work tokens are severely limited to the extent that if I used Sonnet 5.5 for implementation, I'd be out 2h into a session (Team 5x). +$400/mo. …