OpenAI finally shipped GPT-5.6.
Sol at the top, Terra in the middle, Luna for budget-conscious teams. High, mid, low — clean segmentation, smart pricing. Add in the Trump administration green light, and OpenAI is playing both the tech game and the political one.
But as someone who writes code with AI every day, my first reaction was not wow that is powerful. It was here we go again.
Capability overflow is already here
The honest truth: mainstream language models are now more capable than most developers can fully utilize. It is like owning a car that does 0-60 in 3 seconds when your commute is stuck in traffic. The power is there. You just never get to use it.
