alt Hacker NewsThe mental effort in estimating what model would be better is so not worth it.
I just want to switch to Claude Code, tell it to turn a .csv into a BigQuery table then cmd+tab to something else while it runs. Thinking "oh this is probably an easy task, I can /model to Sonnet to save $0.0004" is silly.
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toyg • yesterday at 8:02 AM
Not everything is interactive, and what the routers do is precisely take away that mental effort on repeated tasks.
resonious • yesterday at 4:26 AM
The game changes when it's not just "Opus vs Sonnet", but "Opus vs GLM". The amount saved is way more than even $0.04. And it's not only money but speed. Some providers can serve GLM crazy fast - I'll even go outside of my subscription to pay extra money for the quick results.
People actually use the models for more than writing code.
I barely used Fable because of the rate limits. It just makes more sense to use Opus.
If there were no limits it would be different.
It is not to save a fraction of a penny, it is to be able to still use the model within the limit on the week for $20.