--- title: The Hands Down Best Coding Model Right Now | daily.dev description: A creator tests Opus 5.5 by having it autonomously build a clone of the game Mega Bonk over roughly 20 hours of iterative building and testing. The result... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-hands-down-best-coding-model-right-now-qivfhk64r twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The Hands Down Best Coding Model Right Now | daily.dev og:description: A creator tests Opus 5.5 by having it autonomously build a clone of the game Mega Bonk over roughly 20 hours of iterative building and testing. The result... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-hands-down-best-coding-model-right-now-qivfhk64r og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/qIvFhk64R.png og:image:alt: The Hands Down Best Coding Model Right Now og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The Hands Down Best Coding Model Right Now **[Matt Wolfe](https://daily.dev/sources/mreflow)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A creator tests Opus 5.5 by having it autonomously build a clone of the game Mega Bonk over roughly 20 hours of iterative building and testing. The result includes multiple character tiers, sound effects, and a detailed pause menu, closely resembling the original game. The presenter calls it the best coding model currently available at a reasonable price, while noting leaderboards could shift soon. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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