Ask HN: Which is the least sloppy and claudeism free model you have used?

A Hacker News user seeking a writing model free of 'claudeisms' and sloppiness reports that Opus 5 and Fable have disappointed, with Fable being 'ridiculously more expensive' and only slightly better. The user recalls liking GPT-4.5 before its discontinuation and asks the community for current recommendations.

I feel like recent models have been consistently getting more sloppy and increasingly claude-ism heavy load-bearing seams galore with every new release. I was hoping this trend would reverse in newer major version releases but I just tried out Opus 5 and it's similarly shit at writing. Fable is slightly better but not by far and of course ridiculously more expensive . Adding skills helps but only mildly and not much at all for longer prose. Have you guys used any model lately that you liked for its writing style? I remember being pleasantly surprised by GPT-4.5 but since that's been discontinued, I am on the lookout for a better candidate. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49045140 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49045140 Points: 2 Comments: 0