Robert TaFounder & CEO, Clarity · Building Hyper-Personalized Agents

Opus 5.5 brought developers back to Claude

9 Oct 2026 · 1 min

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In this brief interview, Jonathan discusses Anthropic's Opus 5.5 release, noting that it arrived on the same day as OpenAI's GPT-6 Sol. He emphasizes that Opus 5.5 feels more fun, impressive, and capable than both the prior Opus 5 and the new GPT-6 Sol, reigniting his use of Claude Code for development work. Jonathan likens the experience to the "magic" of Opus 4.6, describing a broadly positive, almost universal developer sentiment that Opus 5.5 restores confidence and productivity in using Claude-based tools.

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Jonathan, what's your take on Opus 5.5 and how did Anthropic handle this release as compared to the Opus 5 release? Yeah, I guess I just reflect what everybody else is kind of saying and feeling. You know, I'd stopped using Claude for a lot of stuff. Just my Fable tokens were the only ones I was really using. And I feel like it's back. It's back in a big way. And remember, like, Opus 5.5 was released on the same day as GPT-6 Sol. They're both very good models. It's like one of the first times I can remember, both companies released a great model update on the same day. And I think that the Opus 5.5 is just like more fun, more impressive, more capable, even than the ChatGPT-6 Sol, which is also a good model. It made me so much happier, man. I don't know about you, but like, I was just like, you can finally just use Claude Code again and get work done. And it felt like the magic of Opus 4.6 back, but better. And I think that was like, you know, almost a universal experience amongst developers that are using it. So good.