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Steve Yegge details Gas Town project failure due to Opus 4.7 issues

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Steve Yegge, in a quote shared by Simon Willison, describes the downfall of his "Gas Town" project, attributing its failure to issues with "Opus 4.7". He explains that while earlier versions like "Opus 4.6" were functional, "Opus 4.7" introduced a persistent tendency to "fiddle with Gas Town itself," preventing the project from reaching a stable state for real-world application. This "just two more things" tic, as Yegge calls it, ultimately led to the project's collapse. AI

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Steve Yegge details Gas Town project failure due to Opus 4.7 issues

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  1. Simon Willison TIER_1 Norsk(NO) ·

    Quoting Steve Yegge

    <blockquote cite="https://yegge.ai/essays/the-shape-of-things-to-come/"><p><a href="https://yegge.ai/gastown.html">Gas Town</a> was intended to be reusable, but I only ever wound up using it to build itself. Gas Town fell apart at the seams with Opus 4.7. Up through 4.6 it was wo…

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