Burkov Tests DeepSeek 4.1 Flash: Falls Short for Coding

ML author Andriy Burkov tested DeepSeek 4.1 Flash in OpenCode and gave up after half a day, saying it can write code but lacks big-picture understanding and only works as a sub-agent to frontier models.

2026-09-17 ~ 2026-09-18 · 2 related posts

• Burkov: DeepSeek 4.1 Flash Codes Well but Misses the Big Picture — burkov · 2026-09-17
• Burkov Gives Up on DeepSeek 4.1 Flash for Coding: Best Kept as a Frontier-Model Subagent — burkov · 2026-09-18