Astra fails in similar ways, and at similar frequency, as GPT 5.6 Sol does. It often goes way out of scope, or just stops prematurely, or tries to find odd and even dangerous workarounds when it gets stuck.
It's phenomenal at computer use and 3D stuff. I've been using it less and less for coding.
Same, Astra is extremely RL fried, and nobody is talking about it. I used Astra for a few days on my personal project, and load times went from less than 3 seconds to almost 30 seconds because it kept using the wrong sync primitives and bad architecture overall.
Huh, I've had a totally different experience.
I've used it extensively, maxing out the 200€ plan on personal projects and it's the best model I've ever used, so easy and pleasant to use.
It's great for frontend design and using it in Rust I've had
Coming from Opus 5, it's a breath of fresh air.
Same. GPT-6 has been a huge breath of fresh air for me. Fixed 80% of the issues I was having with Sol. I just gave it the same task I gave to Sol a few months ago, and it knocked it out of the park comparatively.
Same experience. Astra is on par with or better than Fable 5.1 with a lot more usage on the plans. It has been an extraordinary experience using it so far. 5.6 Sol was very good and Astra is a large upgrade in quality.
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It's phenomenal at computer use and 3D stuff. I've been using it less and less for coding.
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