Ex-OpenAI researcher: iterate on the plan document with multiple frontier models before writing code
doodlestein · x · 2026-09-20
A thread on getting good work out of frontier models: lateinteraction complains he's giving 'Ultra'-tier models more detailed context and feedback than he's ever given a human, yet still extracting only OK output. doodlestein (ex-OpenAI) diagnoses insufficient upfront planning: iterate many times on the plan document with input from multiple frontier models — problems are far easier to navigate in plan space before they're code.
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