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Gas Town fell apart at the seams with Opus 4.7, despite working brilliantly up through 4.6.
Gas Town worked brilliantly up to Opus 4.6, but fell apart with the 4.7 release. ✦ AI generated
Steve Yegge · Simon Willison's Weblog · 2026-08-04 · original ↗
Gas Town fell apart at the seams with Opus 4.7. Up through 4.6 it was working brilliantly.
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explains mechanism → Opus 4.7 introduced the 'just two more things' tic, which prevented Opus from ever converging on being ready to do real work—it always wanted to fiddle with Gas Town itself.Steve Yegge · Simon Willison's Weblogexplains mechanism → The Opus tic never went away, so Gas Town effectively burned down.Steve Yegge · Simon Willison's Weblog