Why not use DeepSeek Flash for everything? · Los Techies

An AI-assisted coding practitioner reflects on how dramatically cheap coding models have improved since mid-2025, when only top-tier models like GPT-4 and Sonnet 3.5 were usable via early tooling harnesses like Brokk. Today, cheap models like DeepSeek Flash 4.1 reportedly beat larger models like 'Sol' on internal benchmarks despite being a fraction of the size. The author now favors DeepSeek Flash V4.1 for most tasks, plans to drop premium subscriptions to Anthropic, Z.ai, and OpenAI, and argues model choice should now hinge on vendor trust and data practices rather than raw capability, though top models remain useful for the hardest problems.

Source: https://lostechies.com/ryansvihla/2026/09/22/why-not-use-deepseek-flash-for-everything. 8 Sync News only summarizes and links out; content copyright belongs to the authors and original sources.

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