Token Gremlin at the end of the day, on the gap between what OpenAI built up and what many people were waiting for.
I’ve been getting dozens of DMs from people saying how disappointed they were with DevDay, and I think the reason is pretty clear. OpenAI built an enormous amount of hype around this event, so a lot of users went in expecting some kind of “miracle.”
Many were specifically waiting for a direct answer to Opus 5.5 in raw performance. Instead, OpenAI’s answer was much more about speed, efficiency, and cost.
To be fair, a smaller group absolutely loved that approach. GPT-6.1 Sol being much cheaper while getting close to Astra-level capability is genuinely impressive. But for a lot of people, that wasn’t the thing they were waiting for.
Then there’s the usage limits. The announced reductions hit people hard, especially because many users already felt constrained before DevDay. Cutting limits during an event that was supposed to make people excited was always going to leave a bad taste.
And I think Plus users are probably the most frustrated group right now. They were hoping for something meaningful in ChatGPT itself, but GPT-6.1 Sol launched in Work and Codex only. So once again, the obvious question is: "Where is Chat mode?"
I don’t think DevDay was a bad event. There were genuinely impressive launches here. But I do think there’s a very real gap between what OpenAI hyped, what users expected, and what many of them actually received. That’s worth listening to.
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