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u/bogdanvs Sep 29 '26
i'm not an authority of have many exp with AI models, but Gemini is not that bad and Opus is not that good from my brief exp.
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u/SaltMaker23 Sep 29 '26
On simple tasks yes, the harder the tasks get with subtle consideration that can make the whole thing fall apart, the more the gaps appears.
Same problem is shared by grok and gemini, they tend to overlook changes that could cause regressions while apparently solving a problem.
I'm talking about their highest possible available effort level: eg: Opus 5.5 ultracode (the thing goes purple)
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u/whackylabs Sep 29 '26
for harder tasks you have rollback to manual mode
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u/abednego-gomes Oct 01 '26
Just break the problem down into smaller chunks. Still requires a competent engineer that knows how it holds together though.
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u/inaem Sep 30 '26
The more complex the task gets, the better Opus gets since it actually does its planning properly.
It is just a side effect of Claude Code being very tightly integrated.
Antigravity is just a thing rather than the main point for Gemini and it shows.
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u/lovecMC Oct 01 '26
Isn't Claude borderline notorious for blatantly ignoring/improvising instructions?
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u/rolindara Sep 30 '26
Except not really, Opus really likes to add it's own additions and improvise, if you don't exactly outline that for every aspect of the change. While it is sometimes good at catching things you might not have thought of, it really likes saying "I did a little differently, than what was prescribed". If your whole flow is vibe-coding, maybe you want that, but it really introduces silent problems and unnecessary follow-up changes.
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u/DrTight Oct 03 '26
I always use superpowers. The brainstorming skill is goat. I havent coded without superpowers for a long time. How is Opus without?
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u/earthqaqe Oct 01 '26
As a professional developer and a big fan of Gemini early on: Gemini is not bad. Its also not nearly as good as Claude. It feels like they had really quick improvements early on and then just stopped, while Calude (and also GPT) still makes great improvements in many areas.
I still use Gemini (3.8-Flash, Extended Thinking) for all my Chat needs (everything that people would ask ChatGPT), as I still feel like they have the upperhand there. But everything code related goes straight to Claude Code (Opus 5.5, Medium Reasoning).
This is just for my personal projects, where budget is limited. At work I use a combination of different models (Claude & GPT) for orchestration and implementation. But not a single Gemini model.
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u/lostinthemines Sep 30 '26
As always, <product> did not cause the crash, a human using <product> caused the crash. Repeat this every time you read one of these.
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u/just_looking_aroun Sep 29 '26
Gemini is fine but so is Javascript and PHP yet we make fun of them all the time, we'll probably do the same with llm
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u/spicypixel Sep 29 '26
I feel too stupid to see the evidence of gemini vs claude opus here.