[dtech]

If you've been using each new step is very noticeable and so have the mindshare. Around Sonnet 3.7 Claude Code-style coding became usable, and very quickly gained a lot of marketshare. Opus 4 could tackle significant more complexity. Opus 4.6 has been another noticable step up for me, suddenly I can let CC run significantly more independently, allowing multiple parallel agents where previously too much babysitting was required for that.

[IanCal]

I think this is where there's a huge distinction between ability/performance/benchmark figures and utility. You can have smooth improvements to performance, but marked step changes in utility as they cross thresholds where you're able to use them for new tasks.

[littlestymaar]

> If you've been using each new step is very noticeable and so have the mindshare. Around Sonnet 3.7 Claude Code-style coding became usable

Yet I vividly remember the complaints about how 3.7 was a regression compared to 3.5 with people advising to stay on 3.5.

Conversely, Sonnet 4 was well received so it's not just a story about how complainers make the most noise.