Developer regrets using Haiku to save tokens on a 'simple' task
geoffwolfe · x · 2026-10-07
A developer tried Claude Haiku on what seemed like a simple task to save tokens — and says he won't make that mistake again. A short but telling data point on the cost/capability tradeoff: small models can still fumble tasks that look easy.
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