Hands-on with DeepSeek-v4.1-Flash-1017: big coding gains, quirky agent behavior

Early hands-on tests of DeepSeek-v4.1-Flash-1017 show major agentic coding gains approaching 'wish-based programming,' but users report an overly frugal agent with buggy budget counting, poor handling of ambiguity, and a 'power-saving mode' to avoid.

2026-10-24 ~ 2026-10-24 · 2 related posts

• DeepSeek-v4.1-Flash-1017 hands-on: big coding gains but a 'stingy' agent mode — karminski3 · 2026-10-24
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