alt Hacker NewsI keep re-learning this lesson: I chug along with a lesser model then throw a problem at it that's too complex. Then I try different models until I give up and bring in Opus 4.6 to clean up.
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brianwawok • yesterday at 11:54 PM
And I keep using Opus to like, make git commits. Really just need a smart router that is actually smart, vs having to micromanage model
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It's not even that much cheaper, GPT 5.5 is about 2x more expensive per task than Deepseek v4 Pro when you adjust for less token usage, according to Artificial Analysis. Doesn't seem worth it to me.