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Is anyone else doing just fine with more basic models in Claude Code?

I see a lot of discussion here about how a bad Claude is and how the latest Opus/Fable models are trash, etc etc. I mostly manage and develop web apps and other web tech/devops for work (not exactly demanding work), and get everything done with Sonnet and Haiku and I’m really happy with the output…

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  1. 2026-09-19 06:25 · r/ClaudeAI
    Is anyone else doing just fine with more basic models in Claude Code?

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