GPT 5.4 is/was a very capable model.
HN could be run as a BBS on 70's hardware. Instead of using a CPU with ~10 thousand transistors, you're likely using one with ~10 billion to do basically the same thing, and you don't think twice about it.
We run an agent company and outside coding the new Gemini 3.6 Flash and GPT 5.6 Luna are very interesting. Luna can do a bit of research and create reports. Gemini is great for computer use.
For programming it's all Kimi K3 now.
Famously, this is also a problem for human coders in sprint planning.
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