points by sam345 2 days ago | 0 comments
I'm getting a ton done with Sonnet 5.5 basic Claude subscription.. It seems a lot people are overpaying on their subscription. Sonnet is what anthropic recommends for most things. I also added a cursor subscription before they raise prices to $16 a month on annual plan for the year. I do hours a day on Claude on medium effort and I have rarely hit any limits. I use opus 5.5 as an advisor. I am doing websites, and automation between different systems. Works great.
[–] f3b5 2 days ago
[–] hsuduebc2 2 days ago
People, (me included) absolutely are using more powerful models than they need to. The amount of work that Luna can successfully and cheaply deliver is ridiculous.
[–] cbm-vic-20 2 days ago
I typically use Sonnet on a basic Claude subscription for my hobby / side projects, and Opus on an all-you-can-eat subscription from work. I'm not interested in minmaxxing the model of the week, these are good enough for me.
Sonnet with harness (Claude Code), a good project structure and a decent prompt works for me 99% of the time. For especially gnarly bugs I use Opus.