Unpopular Opinion: Gemini 3.1 Pro is sufficient for daily use
hardmaru · x · 2026-08-16
Hardmaru shares an unpopular opinion, stating that Gemini 3.1 Pro is a pretty great model. He argues that most current baseline models are actually perfectly fine for 99% of everyday work, and not everyone needs a state-of-the-art coding model to get things done.
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