Yes
I've nuked 90% of my AI monthly bill while having higher limits and better performance/intelligence than I did just at the beginning of this summer
epolanski on Hacker News
90% of my work-day tasks
In the thread “Xiaomi Mimo 2.6 live post-training dashboard”, replying to this comment
Helped: Running cheaper models daily and cross-checking with another model.
… In another one, Opus 4.6 level already solved 90% of my work-day tasks, so while better models have been instrumental into handling a higher % that does not mean that defaulting on cheaper models can't be good. I run DS 4.1 flash daily, and then cross check with gpt-6-astra and I've nuked 90% of my AI monthly bill while having higher limits and better performance/intelligence than I did just at the beginning of this summer.