Inference optimization race heats up: practitioners now want fast, cheap 'good enough' models, not the absolute best
bendee983 · x · 2026-10-31
bendee983 notes most practitioners now prioritize fast, cheap access to models that solve their problems over the absolute best model, fueling a race in inference optimization—Anthropic reporting efficiency gains, OpenCode and OpenRouter serving open-weight models at record-low prices. Quoted thdxr pushes back on 'you must be nerfing the model' replies: they run it the same way DeepSeek does and will have that certified soon, inviting detailed bad-experience reports.
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