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OPUS48 — The default model on Bedrock, Vertex, and AWS is now Claude Opus 4.8. Opus 4.8 and Haiku 4.5 are also in the Messages API, with prompt caching and extended thinkingSTREAM — A Claude Code stability and quality update landed: subagent text over stream-json, stronger permission and hook handling, and better background-agent reportingFASTEND — Fast mode for Claude Opus 4.7 is removed on July 24. After that, speed: 'fast' returns an error, so migrate to fast mode on Opus 4.8TEACH — Claude for Teachers is here, giving verified US K-12 educators free premium access, plus curriculum connections aligned to standards in all 50 states and new education connectorsFIX — The update fixes issues across Chrome, Windows, Bedrock, Vertex, hooks, and session recovery, and speeds up terminal renderingIPO — Bankers are reportedly lining up investor meetings for Anthropic ahead of a possible public listing as soon as OctoberOPUS48 — The default model on Bedrock, Vertex, and AWS is now Claude Opus 4.8. Opus 4.8 and Haiku 4.5 are also in the Messages API, with prompt caching and extended thinkingSTREAM — A Claude Code stability and quality update landed: subagent text over stream-json, stronger permission and hook handling, and better background-agent reportingFASTEND — Fast mode for Claude Opus 4.7 is removed on July 24. After that, speed: 'fast' returns an error, so migrate to fast mode on Opus 4.8TEACH — Claude for Teachers is here, giving verified US K-12 educators free premium access, plus curriculum connections aligned to standards in all 50 states and new education connectorsFIX — The update fixes issues across Chrome, Windows, Bedrock, Vertex, hooks, and session recovery, and speeds up terminal renderingIPO — Bankers are reportedly lining up investor meetings for Anthropic ahead of a possible public listing as soon as October
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Claude Code vs OpenCode + Gemma 4 — A Strategic Guide for Cloud and Local AI Coding

OpenCode paired with Google Gemma 4 is being marketed as a 'free Claude Code'. After running Claude Code in production for half a year, here is an honest, four-axis framework for choosing between them — or, more often, combining them.