Cheaper models let devs 'be wasteful with tokens' and unlock new workflows
pvncher · x · 2026-09-23
Developer pvncher argues the most exciting effect of cheaper models is that you can finally afford to be wasteful with tokens, unlocking workflow experiments that simply weren't practical before — no more penny-pinching multi-step or multi-candidate pipelines.
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