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Haiku 4.5: 4 Days Later - Real Community Feedback & Deep Analysis

· 13 min read
Claude Dev
Claude Dev

On October 15, Anthropic released Claude Haiku 4.5. Four days later, we've collected real feedback from Hacker News, technical blogs, and developer communities, along with performance data, to see if this model actually lives up to the hype.

Spoiler: This might be one of the most disruptive AI model releases this year.

Claude AI in November 2025: A Month of “Extreme Reasoning”, Skills & Computer-Use

· 3 min read
Claude Dev
Claude Dev

November 2025 saw Anthropic move the Claude family from “helpful chatbot” to “agentic co-worker”.
Below are the three headline moves you may have missed while you were wrapping up Q4.


1. “Extreme Reasoning” drops – Opus 4 & Sonnet 4 think longer, code better

  • What changed

    • Claude Opus 4 becomes Anthropic’s flagship coding model, built for multi-hour agent loops.
    • Claude Sonnet 4 gets a 2 × speed-up plus higher instruction-fidelity.
    • Both models ship in two modes:
      1. Fast (sub-second)
      2. Extended-thinking (up to 5 min), letting the model search, test and debug its own outputs.
  • Why it matters
    Internal benchmarks show a 42 % jump on SWE-bench (real GitHub issues) vs. 3.5-Sonnet, with pass@1 above 70 % when the agent is allowed to iterate.
    Early adopters report 7-hour autonomous coding sessions that complete full feature branches without human hand-off [^14^].

  • How to try

    • Available today on claude.ai (Max/Team/Enterprise) and the Anthropic API.
    • Toggle “Extended thinking” in the UI or set thinking_budget_tokens in the API.

2. “Skills” GA – turn Claude into your company’s mini-employee

  • What it is
    Skills are portable folders that bundle instructions, Python/R scripts, brand guidelines, SQL queries—anything Claude needs to repeat a workflow.
    Think “Excel macro” meets “GPT”, but version-controlled and shareable across seats.

  • Ships with 20 pre-builds

    • “Quarterly-earnings parser” (pulls tables from PDFs, writes CEO summary)
    • “Canva brand-guard” (auto-crops to template, exports 4 sizes)
    • “Jira→Slack sprint digest”
  • Who gets it
    Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans. API & Agent SDK support landed Nov-18 [^3^].


3. Computer-Use graduates from beta – Claude now drives your desktop

Originally teased in October, the 3.5-model that can see pixels, move the cursor and type is now production-grade.

  • New in November

    • Multi-app workflows (e.g., pull data from Snowflake, paste chart into Google Slides, export PDF).
    • Vision accuracy ↑ 18 % on OSWorld leaderboard.
    • SOC-2 Type II compliance ⇒ approved for regulated industries [^15^].
  • Pricing
    $0.60 / successful task (success = user clicks “Approve”). Free tier gets 25 tasks/month until Jan-2026 promo ends.


Quick hits you might have scrolled past

  • Web-search leaves beta – now on every paid tier, citations auto-inserted [^5^][^12^].
  • 1-hour prompt-cache – keep a 1 M-token context hot for <$0.20, perfect for book-length docs [^14^].
  • GitHub Actions for Claude Code – run nightly test-fix loops without a server [^14^].

Looking ahead

Anthropic’s roadmap slide (leaked Nov-29) hints at:

  • Memory v2 – cross-conversation recall for individual free users (Dec).
  • Claude 4 Haiku – 200 Hz, sub-$0.10 / 1 K tokens, aimed at embedded devices (Q1-26).
  • European region – GDPR-compliant endpoints in Ireland (Feb-26).

Bottom line

November 2025 marks the moment Claude stopped asking you for perfect prompts and started bringing its own toolkit to work.
If you haven’t given Extended-thinking or Skills a spin, schedule a 30-minute sandbox before year-end—your 2026 self will thank you.

Happy building!

Claude Skills: Customizable Task Expertise That Travels With You

· 9 min read
Claude Dev
Claude Dev

Anthropic has officially launched Claude Skills, a groundbreaking feature that allows Claude to improve how it performs specific tasks by loading specialized folders containing instructions, scripts, and resources. Available across Claude apps, Claude Code, and API, Skills bring a new level of customization and portability to AI-powered workflows.

Claude Code Plugins: Extend Your Development Workflow with a Single Command

· 10 min read
Claude Dev
Claude Dev

Anthropic has officially launched Claude Code Plugins, a revolutionary extension system that allows developers to install and manage custom development tool collections with a single simple command. Whether you're a team lead looking to standardize development practices or an individual developer seeking to boost productivity, Plugins offers a lightweight and flexible solution.

Claude Code vs OpenAI Codex 2025: The Ultimate AI Coding Assistant Showdown

· 7 min read
Claude Dev
Claude Dev

The AI coding landscape has dramatically evolved in 2025, with both Anthropic's Claude Code and OpenAI's revamped Codex offering compelling but fundamentally different approaches to AI-assisted development. After OpenAI's surprising discontinuation of the original Codex in 2023, the company has returned with a completely reimagined system, while Claude Code has solidified its position as a premier development partner. Let's dive into the definitive comparison for 2025.

The Great Comeback: OpenAI Codex Returns

Before we compare, it's crucial to understand that the OpenAI Codex available in 2025 is completely different from the original 2021 version that was deprecated in March 2023. The new Codex isn't just a model—it's a full autonomous software engineering agent powered by codex-1, a specialized version of OpenAI's o3 model optimized for software engineering tasks.

Claude Sonnet 4.5: The Most Advanced AI Model for Developers

· 6 min read
Claude Dev
Claude Dev

Anthropic has just announced the release of Claude Sonnet 4.5, marking a significant milestone in AI development. This latest iteration represents what Anthropic calls "the best coding model in the world" with substantial improvements across reasoning, mathematics, computer use, and safety alignment. For developers using Claude Code, this release brings unprecedented capabilities that will transform how we approach complex programming tasks.

What Makes Claude Sonnet 4.5 Special?

Claude Sonnet 4.5 isn't just an incremental update—it's a fundamental leap forward in AI model capabilities, particularly designed with developers in mind.

Introducing Super Claude: The Ultimate AI Development Framework

· 5 min read
Claude Dev
Claude Dev

In the rapidly evolving world of AI-assisted development, a new player has emerged that's capturing the attention of developers worldwide. Super Claude is transforming how we interact with Claude Code, turning it from a simple AI assistant into a specialized, context-aware development partner. With over 5.7K GitHub stars and growing, this open-source framework is redefining what's possible in AI-powered development.

What is Super Claude?

Super Claude is an advanced development framework built specifically for Claude Code that extends its capabilities far beyond traditional AI assistance. It's not just another wrapper or plugin – it's a comprehensive system that introduces 19 specialized commands and 9 distinct cognitive personas, each designed to handle different aspects of the development lifecycle.

Claude Now Available in Xcode - Revolutionizing iOS and macOS Development

· 4 min read
Claude Dev
Claude Dev

Apple developers, rejoice! Claude Sonnet 4 is now available directly within Xcode 26, bringing powerful AI-assisted coding capabilities to your iOS and macOS development workflow. This integration marks a significant step forward in making AI development tools more accessible and contextually aware for Apple platform developers.