Fable is a better meta-engineer than Opus.

· Bits and Bobs 8/31/26
  • Fable is a better meta-engineer than Opus.
    • Its judgment about where to bother spending time and writing code is better calibrated.
    • It understands the value of establishing invariants and the leverage of factoring.
    • Opus will happily throw 100x more code at the problem than necessary if you let it.
    • Opus will find follow-on work forever, chasing down into smaller and smaller rabbit holes.
      • Default diverging.
    • Fable will find the real issues and then stop.

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