half a day vibecoding with Opus/Sonnet 4

blown away by Opus, but also blew away a lot of money on this

there is a very real monetary premium to marginal intelligence

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Opus bigger slower, can tackle more complex stuff

hard to say really, just a much better output for me

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10x?! wow

how much did you pay in the half a day?

i find it 10x better, but it's a little slow

i don't mind it though because it more or less one shots things

there's a vibe code advantage for opus? How's the speed tradeoff?

this is just cursor, not counting claude code directly (i usually do 2-3 multiple sessions of claude code at a time, cursor for touch ups)

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reminds me of @jc4p telling me about his Claude bills 😌

had a very similar experience. spent like $50 in one night on it.

It’s amazing the difference between Claude 4 and Claude 4 Max in Cursor. My money is just flying out the window and I don’t seem to mind. 

My hope is that these premium models lead to less ads and sponsored results, but I do hope the difference remains marginal though so it’s not a case of more money = higher productivity and better opportunities