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Claude Fable 5.2 review: fast, creative, and finally not annoying

aired Nov 09, 2026 · 24.0m
Signal
89.6/ 100
Essential
confidence 0.99
Orig61.5
Actn100.0
Dens100.0
Dpth100.0
Clty66.4
Summary

If you've been paying attention to my recent episodes, my model reviews, and how I talk about how I work, you know this. Surprisingly, this started when they released Fable.

Why listen

It goes beyond the title with direct discussion of really, it's, like, including: I am kind of a Claude hater.

Key takeaways
  1. 01If you've been paying attention to my recent episodes, my model reviews, and how I talk about how I work, you know this
  2. 02Same with Opus 5, just not an enjoyable model to work with, even though it maybe got the job done
  3. 03At the same time those models had come out a couple months ago, I felt like Codex really outpaced Claude Code in some nice-to-have experience pieces in terms of their desktop app
Best for
research-minded practitioners comparing model behavior