Codex vs Claude, Seedance Ads, Local Qwen on 5090 — AI Daily May 12
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@samb69 argued Claude is bad for coding, running OpenCode with looping code+review agents (Opus 4.7 plan, GPT-5.5 code/audit). @sibunting reported Opus going dumb after an 11-day session with 17 compactions — builders split between 4.6, 4.7, and GPT-5.5 with weekly resets recommended.
@arielletolome's Seedance ads outperformed at $200/day; @jasonakatiff laid out the 20% scaling rule with 24-hour bake and launched thecreativebriefer.com. @instanetworks shared transcribing winning videos into reusable Claude skills, while gpt-image-2 emerged as the new default for copy-heavy statics over nano banana.
@iannagy asked about working agentic SDR setups; Instantly dominates sending, and Kieran pushed Claude Code over Clay for enrichment (cheaper, better). @jasonakatiff confessed his 60+ decision-point lead router (credit, CAPI, dispositions) is brutal — easier ways to make money exist.
@jcartu spent 4 days optimizing a vLLM fork (MTP-3 to D-Flash to D-Tree) on Blackwell, with 27B running well on a single 5090 and TP4 targeting 200tps on 397B. Claims Qwen 27B + Opus planning delivers 4-6x faster coding than human-readable speed for just GPU + electricity cost.
@sibunting detailed an orchestrator managing 4 Opus agents and 5 Hermes workers via Telegram/Slack with Jira workflow. Memory tools discussed include Honcho, Hindsight, and @jcartu's Cerebellum (RASPUTIN) repo with causal memory. Key/API rotation and session compaction remain unsolved.
Key Takeaways
- Use Opus/Claude for planning and creative, Codex/GPT-5.5 for coding and audits — OpenCode with looping code+review agents fixes bugs autonomously, and reset weekly to avoid Opus degradation after many compactions.
- Scale winning ads with the 20% rule + 24-hour bake, but require real statistical significance before going big — don't mistake luck for signal.
- Replace Clay with Claude Code for B2B enrichment, pair with Instantly/Smartlead for sending, and avoid Microsoft inboxes which are now nearly impossible to land in.
- A single RTX 5090 can run Qwen 27B locally for plan/review coding; TP4 Blackwell setups target 200tps on 397B models — local Opus-style workflows are now viable at hardware-only cost.
- Transcribing top-performing ad videos into reusable Claude skill libraries is becoming standard practice — combine sub-skills per creative type with hard DON'Ts for brand/legal compliance.
Hot Threads
Lead router complexity confession + creative brief generator launch at thecreativebriefer.com
Opus 4.7 going dumb after 11-day session with 17 compactions — orchestrator and memory architecture
Agentic B2B SDR stack: Instantly, Claude Code over Clay, inbox sourcing problems