New comment by shouvik12 in "Ask HN: How do you choose a model for a task?"

shouvik12 — Mon, 11 May 2026 17:04:29 +0000

for short, stateless stuff,definitions, formatting, quick lookups I have never noticed a meaningful difference between models. But anything that requires reasoning across a lot of prior context, it's usually claude sonet or opus. But feels like the vibe will soon take me to codex

New comment by shouvik12 in "Ask HN: Which LLM are you using to evaluate your ideas?"

shouvik12 — Mon, 11 May 2026 14:58:06 +0000

I use Claude for initial idea validation.It is decent. For iteration and refinement, I route simpler clarifications through local models (Qwen via Ollama)

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New comment by shouvik12 in "Ask HN: How do you choose a model for a task?"

New comment by shouvik12 in "Ask HN: Which LLM are you using to evaluate your ideas?"