Zed CEO: OpenAI's Dots is a low-effort model that abandons tasks midway
zeeg · x · 2026-10-17
Zed founder Nathan Szeeg criticizes OpenAI's Dots as a "low effort" model requiring constant next-step prompting: his inbox routine only completes part of the work, and background activity is hidden so users can't tell what it's doing. He finds Grok Bot possibly the best option now (better models in some scenarios) and Muse the best UX despite similar limits.
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