LLMs vs classic CV: 200-line pipelines beat token-burning agents on rote tasks

mervenoyann · x · 2026-09-07

mervenoyann criticizes using models like Astra to burn tokens on tasks solvable in under 200 LoC with real-time latency via HF transformers or Roboflow. Reposter braddwyer counters that Astra's job is human-like: study and understand a task to automate it, not repeat it at scale — engineers write code rather than perform tasks billions of times.

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