I like Opus 5

A bit of background. I’m on the $20 plan and I am not building apps or working with codebases.

I use Claude to solve complex problems quickly, saving me time.

I used to use Gemini Flash or Pro for this purpose and found myself banging my head against a wall and actually spending more time because of the constant hallucinations and generally inaccurate information.

I’ll give you an example. I needed to quickly diagnose an issue with Azure AD Connect Writeback. Gemini gave me some advice that referenced configurations that do not exist. Opus 5 gave me information that was literally spot on perfect.

I recently decided I wanted to take some self hosted services and host them externally. I gave Opus 5 all of the context and explained what I wanted, and it gave me a very insightful plan to help me configure everything I needed to achieve what I needed to achieve (cloudflare, dns, domain setup, hosting provider, database migration). Gemini on the other hand provided me with instructions that would have destroyed my setup.

I’ve also used opus 5 in Design to create some really outstanding things for a big event I’m planning. I’ve used it in Code to write powershell scripts, and also to troubleshoot broken ones from Gemini.

Over and over again it’s been really impressive coming from Gemini. I just wanted to post some positive feedback because I constantly see negatively towards Opus 5 and I’ve found it to be excellent.