@DeRonin_: How I actually route between models : Tweet drafts : Sonnet 4.6 Long-form articles : Opus 4.6 Code work : Kimi 2.6 Agen…
Summary
A user shares their personal routing strategy between various AI models for different tasks like tweet drafts, articles, code, agentic loops, and image generation, arguing that single-model setups lead to higher costs.
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