Hot take : Opus 5 is good
For months I have seen people complaining recents Opus models are downgrades compared to older ones like 4.6. For example many people say that they prefer 4.6 over 4.8 or 5 for their reasons
My opinion is : This reveals how much you have to be assisted by the model and have no idea what to do.
I dont mean it is a bad thing since most of AI vendors sell AI as the ultimate assistant that does everything for you within a prompt shorter than a sentence. But from a more « technical » view where you plan your actions and actually know what you are doing models like Opus 5 are absolute bangers