Dev ditches top model, finds nearly 20x cost gap per task

A developer found that switching off the priciest model cut per-task costs by nearly 20x using a 'cost per task' metric, concluding that speed, not intelligence, is now the real bottleneck for agents.

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

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