Pre- and post-training are complements, not substitutes: the lesson of 2026
soumitrashukla9 · x · 2026-10-13
alexolegimas argues pre- and post-training are complements: post-train a small model and it stays spiky as hell; skip post-training on a large model and it's not practically useful. He calls this the defining lesson of 2026 — neither can substitute for the other.
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