My honest GPT-5 review: - It is a *phenomenal* everyday chat model - I will default to it for all normal chats - API pricing is incredible, major points here But code? I will still be using Claude Code + Opus.

And now a long list of bullet points. - Reminder: I do not do, and have never done, paid promos, and on days like today I’m glad I made that decision a long time ago. - The API pricing is unbelievable. Like seriously. Favorite thing from me today. Tip my hat to the team. - I really love the personality they landed on for GPT-5. It’s like if O3 was slightly more friendly. - Not sycophantic. I personally could probably have it be even more disagreeable, but I think they landed on the right slider setting for mass market. - The less hallucinations thing is real. Feel like I can actually notice its behavior differences there. Enjoyed this more than I thought. - It’s very generally smart. Tyler Cowen’s review probably hit this the best. Can talk about niche things without feeling like it’s BSing you. - Latency is good. - I totally get the why of it, but I absolutely hate the model router thing. Hope we can override it. - Solid improvement on chat that’s worthy of GPT-5 namesake. Feels like they definitely overhyped it though. I personally don’t mind the vagueposting. I actually think it activates the community in a fun way, but that was a touch overboard imo. For code: - Claude Code with Opus is still king and frankly it’s not close. - I’m wildly suspicious of people who claim otherwise, which leads me to… Today please remember… - You would be *shocked* how many people posting strong opinions and elaborate pieces today don’t actually use the models that much, especially for code. Many people you respect on here are complete airheads on actually using the models + tools. Seriously. - SF is many ways is a political game. Keep that in mind today as you read certain opinions. I live away from it for a reason.

I also think you should just use whatever model you like using best, and this is by far the eval that matters most. Love it? Use it. Who cares if we disagree on tool and/or model. Just use stuff that works for you, and keep an open mind to trying new things.

And I really hope I didn’t undersell the chat experience bc of the code comment. It’s going to be a total step change for most people. Pretty obsessed with the state of ChatGPT after this model release. Enjoying my chats more than ever :)

Opus continues to be the clearly superior coding model. Nothing has its level of taste yet. It’s so unbelievably good.