In fact, with Astra and Fable I feel like not only are the costs astronomical, but the models are also just not for me as a software engineer.
This is how I’m feeling as well. The models are so happy to run and implement that they forget to keep me in the loop or make it understandable.
If I want to magic something into existence or one shot an analysis, the model is happy. But if I want to direct, understand, and manage they fall completely flat and are unable to explain things for me.
It’s even hard to discuss planning because Claude will run off and start pulling data and analyzing my projects and spend 5 minutes on something not needed, when I need a rubber duck that can sanity check things and push back.
My non technical colleagues love it, but I’m fighting the thing all the time.
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This is how I’m feeling as well. The models are so happy to run and implement that they forget to keep me in the loop or make it understandable.
If I want to magic something into existence or one shot an analysis, the model is happy. But if I want to direct, understand, and manage they fall completely flat and are unable to explain things for me.
It’s even hard to discuss planning because Claude will run off and start pulling data and analyzing my projects and spend 5 minutes on something not needed, when I need a rubber duck that can sanity check things and push back.
My non technical colleagues love it, but I’m fighting the thing all the time.