Parakhin: use the largest models for dev and research, fine-tune for production
MParakhin · x · 2026-10-11
Mikhail Parakhin shares his model strategy: use the largest models for coding, testing, and research, then fine-tune for cost, throughput, and quality in production. He says he keeps seeing the reverse mistake — saving on development while running oversized models in production.
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