After 7B+ tokens, developer says DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is his default workhorse
gaganghotra_ · x · 2026-09-19
- Developer @btsouth reports pushing 7 billion+ tokens through DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and concludes it's not a budget fallback but his default workhorse.
- He routes coding, debugging, refactors, repo exploration, test/fix loops, and multiple parallel agents to DeepSeek; his usual premium models (Astra and Fable) have become nearly irrelevant for daily work.
- Despite its very low price, he says the model doesn't feel benchmaxxed — if anything, the benchmark sheet undersells it, and he still hasn't hit a task that forces him back to pricier models.
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