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Using Opus we can blow through an entire month budget in an afternoon, so while more powerful, it is no longer practical except for rare very complex tasks
jjav on Hacker News
In the thread “Corporate America is getting hooked on open-source AI”, replying to this comment
Helped: Building engineering discipline and using cheaper models like Cursor Composer.
Got in the way: Using Opus is too expensive for routine tasks.
… We ($work) are finding that it is best to build engineering discipline around AI usage (who would've thought!) and use the cheaper models like Cursor Composer. Using Opus we can blow through an entire month budget in an afternoon, so while more powerful, it is no longer practical except for rare very complex tasks.