Claude Haiku 4.5: Big AI Performance in a Small Package – The Era of Instant Coding is Here

In the time it takes you to read this sentence, Haiku 4.5 could complete a code review, answer three technical questions, and optimize two functions – all for the cost of executing just a few lines of code. Remember that awe you felt five months ago when first using Claude Sonnet 4? That “brilliant brain” that made you wait a few seconds for answers now has a more agile sibling. Claude Haiku 4.5 isn’t just another incremental upgrade – it fundamentally redefines what “value for money” means in the AI landscape. Why This “Little Giant” Deserves Your Attention Picture this: …