What Fable 5.2's Speed Improvements Mean for Builders

After reading through the benchmarks and user reports on Fable 5.2, one thing keeps hitting me: the speed and reliability improvements might matter more than raw capability for most of us building real products. I've been using Opus 5.5 on a medium-sized codebase, and honestly, it's been plenty. But the reports on Fable 5.2 being noticeably faster with fewer token overflow issues make me wonder if I'm being too conservative with my tool choices. The part that caught my attention was about image rendering. Someone mentioned preferring the images generated by Fable/Opus over dedicated image models. If an AI can handle both code and images reliably in one pipeline, that's a different kind of workflow. This makes me think about what you could actually build with these improvements. Faster, more reliable models open up different use cases than just "better outputs." Real-time applications, automated pipelines, things that need consistent response times rather than occasional brilliance. Anyone else thinking about AI startup ideas that depend on reliability over peak performance? I'm curious whether the speed gains change what kinds of products become viable.