Mixed
Sometimes it's perfect, while other times it fails in subtle and hard to catch ways
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~85% of my daily tasks
In the thread “Why isn't the industry freaking out about DeepSeek 4.1 Flash?”, replying to this comment
Helped: Using top-tier models for complex planning and reviews.
Got in the way: Cheaper models asserting falsehoods and modifying test harnesses.
… When I try to use smaller/cheaper models, I have had very mixed success. Sometimes it's perfect, while other times it fails in subtle and hard to catch ways.