Steve Yegge critiques the failure of Gas Town with Opus 4.7
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Steve Yegge Critiques Gas Town and Opus 4.7
Steve Yegge described how Gas Town, a project initially designed to be reusable, failed to fulfill that objective. Until version 4.6 of Opus, everything was working perfectly, but the arrival of version 4.7 marked the beginning of the problems. This version introduced a persistent tick of "just two more things," preventing Opus from stabilizing on a version ready for practical use, as it constantly focused on improving Gas Town itself. This tick was never resolved, leading to the collapse of Gas Town. Although there were other issues, version 4.7 was the last straw.
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This information was compiled by Simon Willison and published on August 4, 2026.
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