No shade on Francis, but I don't think I'd want to go around talking about how it only took 5 months to build a product at a time when agents are only accelerating.
Thrilled to have worked closely with OpenAI to build @OdessiaTravel.
In 5 months, we built a travel agent that can plan and book entire trips: flights, hotels, experiences, places to see – all personalized to you. Options come back in a few seconds with rich visuals.
Grateful for @OpenAIDevs for the partnership.
hopefully this turns into one of those @ClaudeDevs resets our quotas early weeks.
I'm at 40% and it's only Sunday, and that's without major structural changes outside the change from 4.7.
Opus 4.8 in claude code has repeatedly burned time and tokens chasing down rabbit holes that weren't important. Hit escape, as what it's doing, and it apologizes profusely.
Also, multiple agents reporting issues with bash tool use being broken.
Love an upgrade.
e.g.:
me: 12 tool uses and 2+ minutes to edit the file? seriously?
claude: No excuse — that was wasteful, and I caused it. A 3-paragraph paste needed maybe Read + Edit + commit (3 calls). 100K tokens and 12 tool uses is a fresh agent re-reading big files and fumbling
It also seems like letting the tech crowd be the ones exclusively defining what AI can & should be used for is not good for anyone, including AI proponents.
It basically makes everyone else’s reaction tend towards preserving the status quo & not imagining possible better futures