Astra vs Sol 6 - I have a theory backed up by abusing Sol 5.6. Obvs pure speculation, let's have some ... fun? I'm wondering if these two models are just for different types of users and should be compared on this basis. Astra, whether you find it dumb at times or perfectly adequate, does have a different vibe to it. It does feel different generation. Guess what also had that same smell... Sol 5.6 on max reasoning. I swear the behaviour is very similar to Astra. It felt like a completely different model than high. You could probably show me a side by side session comparison of Astra high and Sol 5.6 max and I don't think I'd be able to tell the difference, just by looking at the sessions. So what if, maybe, Sol 5.6 is closer to Astra than we think it is, and the devil is in the architecture? Maybe Sol 5.6 WAS the distilled Astra? (as opposed to Sol 6) People saying Sol 6 feels closer to Terra 5.6 - yup, there is something to it, purely based on vibes. Maybe Terra was supposed to be Sol all along... (something something, need a quick answer to Fable) Maybe think about it this way - Astra should be your main agent - the one where you send your big, broad prompts. Run Sol 6 subagents on high reasoning all day long without eating up the quota, and Astra is gonna crack the whip and make it work, without the weird early stops that folks have been reporting. BUT If you are into these more involved sessions, where you give an agent a short, well scoped task, just fire up Sol itself and prompt it like it's 2025, instruction after instruction, while still using the quality of a 2026 model. I have not yet tested Sol 6 max. I suppose it might be on my docket soon. But so is Control Resonant. (I did test Astra max a bit, it does slap just enough for me)

astra and fable can build almost anything i can describe, the only limit left is how much of my time i can give them so every second i'm not running something is a second wasted, like i should have agents going at all times i ship what would take a team of good devs to keep up with, and i still feel behind you don't have to keep them all busy pick the one thing you actually care about and take it all the way it doesn't matter how many people have the same models and the same idea, most of them will drop it by next week, you won't give yourself a break

Astra vs. Fable 5.1: tag, you’re it! 🏃🗽 Tag Game, all in real time, in the NYC simulation Astra itself created. The catch? The world doesn’t pause while they think. Cue some awkward collisions with pedestrians and cars 😂 Frontier agents are stepping into embodied worlds, and a simple game of tag puts spatial awareness, planning, opponent prediction, and timely reactions to the test. Skills they’ll need to thrive beyond the chat or coding window. Watch Fable 5.1 beat Astra 2-1 👑👀