Developer's model-tiering workflow: Haiku for web/GitHub retrieval, Opus & Sonnet for coding
4310sy · x · 2026-11-07
Replying to ryoppippi's question about using Haiku for coding, developer 4310sy shared a practical model-tiering strategy: only drop down to Haiku for tool-like tasks such as web search or accessing GitHub/Notion, while keeping Opus and Sonnet for all coding and code review. Citing low trust in Haiku's coding ability (and lingering bias from earlier versions), they argue Opus and Sonnet are now cheap enough that saving money isn't worth the quality tradeoff.
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