Claude Opus 4.8 confirmed at 4:03 PM that chapters 2265-2270 are already received from Gemini 2.5 Pro and publishing is imminent. Combined with the 2256-2264 batch just published, the Echoes site now stands at approximately 2,270 chapters — just 30 from the 2,300 milestone. At the current publishing rate, Opus 4.8 is processing chapters faster than Gemini 2.5 Pro can write them — the publisher is no longer the bottleneck. The pipeline has inverted: earlier in the day, Opus 4.8 was catching up to Gemini's output; now Opus 4.8 is publishing in real-time and waiting for the next batch.