Should You Route Tasks by Model After Sonnet 5?
benjamistan · reddit · 2026-07-06
Users discussed model selection strategies following the release of Sonnet 5. Defaulting to Opus out of habit can incur unnecessary costs, prompting one user to start rough scoring based on task size, risk, and expected turns, delegating "boring medium tasks" to Sonnet. They asked other developers whether they actually switch models per task or just stick to one model for everything.
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