The Minutes of Dylan Patel on opus https://minutesof.com/dylan-patel/on/opus/ Everything Dylan Patel has said on opus: 2 verbatim quotes from May 2026, each with a timestamp and a link to the recording it came from. en Mon, 31 Aug 2026 13:10:15 +0000 Patel reports kernel programmers use Codex to generate code then have Opus rewrite it, not reverse. https://minutesof.com/q/c776bb8a-664b-48d6-9d85-372aa9b92246/ https://minutesof.com/q/c776bb8a-664b-48d6-9d85-372aa9b92246/ “I think it was tree down. Tree down is like, yeah, dude, Codex is like so dumb, but I always just have it created and then this and it works and it's smarter, but the code is sloppy, I have Opus rewrite it. But you can't go the other way around.” — SemiAnalysis Weekly Wed, 06 May 2026 00:55:06 +0000 opus Patel reports kernel programmers use Codex to generate code then Opus to clean it, not the reverse workflow. https://minutesof.com/q/bc52f0cc-dd82-4db4-89fa-99f109589046/ https://minutesof.com/q/bc52f0cc-dd82-4db4-89fa-99f109589046/ “But you can't go the other way around. You can't have Opus write the thing and then have Codex fix this.” — SemiAnalysis Weekly Wed, 06 May 2026 00:55:06 +0000 opus