Nerd Snipe with Theo and Ben

← Nerd Snipe with Theo and Ben9 Jul · 1 h 11 min

We Tested GPT 5.6 Sol Early

We Tested GPT 5.6 Sol Early9 Jul1 h 11 min

<p>We've spent six figures in tokens testing OpenAI's 5.6 Sol model to see whether if its better than Fable and what OpenAI have done to make it even better than 5.5. Also, we breakdown why we both moved our agents to Linux boxes, how to actually burn $65k on a single loop, and the Codex vs Claude Code subagent gap that's now bigger than the model gap itself.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks to this episode's sponsors Clerk and General Translation:</p><ul><li>Clerk, the auth platform with the best DX: <a href="https://nerdsnipe.link/clerk" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://nerdsnipe.link/clerk</a></li><li>General Translation: <a href="https://nerdsnipe.link/gt" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://nerdsnipe.link/gt</a></li></ul><p><br /></p><p>Sources Available on our Substack:</p><ul><li><a href="https://nerdsnipe.substack.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://nerdsnipe.substack.com/</a></li></ul>