Astra vs Fable 5.1 - Day 2
A user compared Astra with Fable 5.1 and Opus, noting that Fable 5.1 tokens were quickly consumed and Opus used constant shorthand lingo. After switching to Astra, the user experienced no buyer's remorse. Astra demonstrated significantly faster performance, completing a task that involved searching five different sites in 1 minute 11 seconds, whereas Claude took 7 to 10 minutes for the same prompt with almost verbatim results.
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- 09/07, 23:00 UTC+0
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- 09/08, 03:00 UTC+0
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After getting downgraded by guardrails and the constant shorhand lingo that Opus uses, as well as my Fable 5.1 tokens getting used with a prompt or two, I decided to give Astra a try. I'm for sure not having buyers remorse at this point.
Day 1 is here in case you are interested.
Day 2-
One thing that I am no longer experiencing is token anxiety. I can much better predict how much Astra is going to use, than Fable 5 / 5.1. It's far less, without question. Still sucks down tokens but not like a dyson vacuum in room full of feathers.
It will use a password! That alone is a high five for me. As well, there was no downgrading at all, no complaints about guardrails. I purposely connected my phone over adb, and asked that we explore getting root access. It walked me through the possibilities, no complaints. I started on this journey because of Fable 5.1's downgrading on a few sessions which were FAR from me asking for root on a phone. You can see my actual session in my older post if you are curious.
I love the idea of a "Full reset" I get to reset my usage on my own accord. Not one day before my week was going to reset anyways. This is excellent in my case as I truly understand what Astra is using, and I can actually plan for when it would make sense.
Two things, which I did not like, it asked a question and then had a countdown timer on the question.I was not 100 percent focused on the session and just noticed it expiring and then continuing on without my input. Not a fan of that at all and I made not of it, so that it doesn't do this in the future. I also can't see how many tokens I am using, which I did like with Claude. That might be a setting, but I haven't researched it yet.
My god it speaks cleanly. I don't miss pants and suspenders claude talk and trying to figure out it's shorthand.
And it's fast. Blazing fast. I have a skill that searches five different sites for specific information. It takes Calude upwards of 7 to 10 minutes to do this task. I honestly just thought it was what was needed. Astra was 1 minute 11 seconds. Same prompt, and almost the verbatim results.