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2BFT weekly · issue #47Sun, Jul 06 2026

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We tested GPT-5.6 vs Claude Sonnet 5. The winner wasn’t who we expected.


Hey,

GPT-5.6 dropped on Wednesday. Claude Sonnet 5 was already in our stack. We ran the same 5 prompts on both — same model temperature, same system prompt, real prompts from our jewellery and D2C clients.

The winner on reasoning was GPT-5.6. The winner on writing style (and the one we’re keeping) was Claude Sonnet 5. The full breakdown — with the actual prompts and outputs — is below.

// nav & sujal · 2BFT · Vaniyambadi

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Issue #47Sun, Jul 06 2026Tooling

We tested GPT-5.6 vs Claude Sonnet 5 on 5 real Tamil-nadu-business prompts. Here’s what won.

Day-one test results. Same prompts, both models, real workflows from jewellery shops and WhatsApp DMs. The winner isn’t the one we expected.

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How Karthik from Vellore shipped 3 WhatsApp agents in 30 days (no code, ₹0 spent).

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Issue #45Sun, Jun 22 2026Workflow

Nano Banana 2 vs Veo 3.1 for jewellery product photography. The ₹4,800/month hack.

We replaced a 12,000/month agency with two prompts and a Sunday afternoon. Full prompt sheet inside.

Issue #44Sun, Jun 15 2026Cohort

Vibe Coding Hackathon recap: 12 teams, 7 days, 28 AI agents shipped.

What got built, who shipped, who quit on day 3, what we’d do differently. Plus the after-movie link.

Issue #43Sun, Jun 08 2026Tooling

OpenClaw just hit 210K+ stars. Here’s the 5-agent setup we run on it (free, self-hosted).

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