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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.
With 4.7, Opus developed a tic of always wanting to fiddle with Gas Town itself, never converging on being ready to do real work. ✦ AI generated
Steve Yegge · Simon Willison's Weblog · 2026-08-04 · original ↗
With 4.7 we saw the introduction of 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.
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- ·4.7 introduced the 'just two more things' tic
- ·Tic prevented Opus from ever converging on readiness
- ·It always wanted to fiddle with Gas Town itself
- ·Never ready to do real work
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