Dev tip: steering smaller models with tighter context beats picking the biggest model
daniel_mac8 · x · 2026-11-12
danielmac8 tweets "focus less on using the best model and more on using the model the best." Replying, coltfeltes shares his hands-on lesson: steering smaller models and deliberately shrinking the context they compile with was a game changer. A practical signal for coding-agent workflows — trimmed context plus a smaller model often beats blindly reaching for the biggest one.
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