Yes
for the problems I'm working on, only xhigh or high reasoning gives me worthwhile results while saving time
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Helped: High reasoning settings and structured agentic coding with adversarial reviews.
… Not to mention, structured agentic coding with adverserial reviews & task organization is not token-efficient. Additionally, for the problems I'm working on, only xhigh or high reasoning gives me worthwhile results while saving time. There are definitely configurations where default consumption doesn't work. …