Yes, but I find supervision much easier and faster with a strong model. It makes fewer dumb mistakes that I have to catch and correct, and it’ll follow my instructions more reliably.
replyDepends on the task. If it's something that occurs a lot in training data like React/tailwind code then I don't think you need SOTA. Most reasoning models since Sonnet 3.5, Deepseek 3.1 et al will do fine for those tasks.
replyDoesn't justify 10x the cost in that case imo
Waste of effort... of Opus? If "Opus effort" is cheaper, than dev hours managing yourself more dumb/effective model, what is the point?
replyrich people dont concern themselves with the cost of tokens.
replyIt is not even rich. If you earn more than $30k it is worth your employer spending $3k on AI tools.
replyHN is very stingy for some reason, most people here make well over $150k and yet they are still worrying about $200/mo over $10/mo when the former will save more time.
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