Episode 012: The Plan Matters More Than the Model

With Fable's Pro-plan window closing, Brendan and Baird both did the same thing on their own: instead of trying to build with it, they had Fable plan — full roadmaps and individual feature specs — so cheaper models like Opus and Sonnet could execute against a high-quality plan. That kicks off a wider check-in on where AI is actually landing right now. Models feeling far more thorough and meticulous, Opus writing Python scripts to verify Ruby physics it can't run, Claude Code's improved auto-permissions mode finally letting you kick off work and walk away, and why agent loops still aren't the answer when there's no clear "right" to test against — especially for subjective frontend and design work. They close on the real distinction that's going to matter: AI is a tool that fills gaps you couldn't otherwise fill, but take the human out and all you've got is slop.

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