Cutting agent costs: cheapest model as coder, squeezing reviewer spend next
craigbalding · x · 2026-09-18
craigbalding shares his multi-model coding agent setup: the coder (luna xhigh) is by far his cheapest model by output volume. His next lever is reducing reviewer costs (sol medium, bumped to xhigh for repeat defects) without materially lowering the quality bar.
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