Astra scores the same on DeepSWE 1.1 (~75%) as Gemini Flash 3.8 and Deeepseek Flash 4.1
So general coding ability has plateaued, for now.
Also consider the context windows. 1M token models where a breakthrough two years ago. Today they are still limited to 1M. In fact, if you don't want intelligence to drop off a cliff, you are really limited to 200k tokens.
Gemini Flash is a joke for coding. If you can get the same output as you can get with Sol/Astra I'm impressed. Not to mention that Antigravity is awful.
It is not a universal opinion at all that general coding ability has plateaued.