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It thinks a bit more, but if the cache reads are free or almost free, and it blasts through 10x faster than GPT Sol/Terra/Luna, it doesn't really matter. Just don't use the max thinking for implementation, go with high or low.
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Why not use max thinking for implementation? For cost reasons?
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Because it doesn't make difference for my use. High is good enough! If you do an assistant for yourself, low is more than enough.

It reduces the speed and tends to overthink sometimes which is really annoying. For programming, 4.1/high is the bread and butter in my daily work.

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For time reasons.
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I think, as long as you don't set thinking to max and use a fitting system prompt, it's not a big issue.
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Yes, and this version explicitly addresses that
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4.1 Flash on medium is a solid builder agent
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LLMs don't think.
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