Trust me I know, I co-founded a robotics startup, and robotics is HARD. But now it's becoming a hardware problem, the software will sort itself out soon, it's not a bottle neck that will keep us safe for long.

Abou sycophancy, I sense that it's much lower now with Opus 5.5. Yesterday I had to argue my viewpoint for quite a bit before it relented, on an issue I'm pretty sure I'm broadly correct. It's becoming a better sparring partner that actually pushes back and raises counter-arguments.