Two weeks with Grok bots: great orchestration model, but the model itself isn't smart enough
letandrewcook · x · 2026-09-19
A developer who gave into FOMO and subscribed to Grok's bot service reports after two weeks that the model simply isn't smart enough — he can't trust it to write code or orchestrate anything. Testing across issue management, blog editing, screenplay writing, and product research, he always had to take Grok's half-baked output into Claude or ChatGPT to get exactly what he needed in one shot. He does love the mental model though: "Chief of staff and groups" is a nice orchestration pattern he now plans to adopt in Claude Code.
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