Users report GPT-5.5 coding quality drops in active chats
Users report that GPT-5.5 produces low-quality code during ongoing conversations yet delivers higher-quality files after users step away for roughly two hours. Separate accounts describe extended side-by-side use of GPT-5.5 and Opus 4.7 on the same projects, where the models displayed complementary strengths that raised regard for Opus 4.7 as a coding agent. The observations focus on context handling tied to conversation continuity rather than external claims.
#1023Taelin@VICTORTAELINapparently GPT 5.5 is completely retarded when it is actively talking to you, so you rage quit, leave it alone for 2h and come back to the most beautiful file you've read in your entire life
#1901nostalgebraist@NOSTALGEBRAISTafter much more use: it's good, but the limitations are coming into view
i'm now using both it and opus 4.7 in the same project, and -- unexpectedly -- this is giving me a new appreciation for opus 4.7 as a coding agent. because the pair have complementary strengths/weaknesses
codex/gpt5.5 is aggressively correct about each local decision, but i have to remind it that the bigger picture exists
CC/opus4.7 wants nothing more than to discuss the implications of your little "refactor" for the entire codebase + earth + cosmos + all sentient beings
nostalgebraist@nostalgebraistafter much more use: it's good, but the limitations are coming into view i'm now using both it and opus 4.7 in the same project, and -- unexpectedly -- this is giving me a new appreciation for opus 4.7 as a coding agent. because the pair have complementary strengths/weaknesses
codex/gpt5.5 is a wondrous genie that will always find a route to "done, all tests pass" no matter how wild the request.
but watch out: anything the request omits is a dump stat
oh, you wanted "code quality," user? i didn't see you listing that as a Requirement, now did i??
nostalgebraist@nostalgebraistcodex/gpt5.5 is aggressively correct about each local decision, but i have to remind it that the bigger picture exists CC/opus4.7 wants nothing more than to discuss the implications of your little "refactor" for the entire codebase + earth + cosmos + all sentient beings