GPT 5.5 main
opus 4.7 frontend and when i need something different
kimi 2.6 and GLM 5.1 when i don't have to pay on the task (using the opencode go subscription)
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#12Opus 4.7 in Vscode via Claude Code.
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#131. gpt-5.5-medium for most demanding coding tasks.
2. gpt-5.3-codex-medium for genrally most of the other coding tasks.
3. deepseek-v4-flash for heavy agentic research/loops (non-coding related).
4. mimo-v2.5-pro for crunching/summarizing large texts.
5. gemini-3.1-flash-lite for image understanding.
6. opus-4.7 very occasionally when gpt-5.5 fails, or vice-versa, and sonnet-4.6 when codex-5.3 fails.
7. deepseek-v4-pro when I need to do a long agentic session, and want higher quality, for cheap (non-coding).
8. perplexity/pplx-embed-v1-0.6b for embeddings, via openrouter.
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#14I use Opus 4.7 for personal stuff (basically for everything), but have been considering gpt-5.5 given all I hear about it.
At work I use 4.6 because we don't have 4.7 yet...zzz...
I also do a LOT of personal/portfolio work with self-hosted models.
Ministral-3-14B-Reasoning for validating concepts, MVPs, etc and some prod systems (punches above its weight class). Qwen3.6-35B-A3B for self-hosted coding (custom harness). GPT-OSS-120B for self-hosted coding or more reasoning-intensive agentic flows. Qwen3.5-122B-A10B currently in evals for agentic coding.
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#15By default, I use Sonnet 4.6, and if Sonnet 4.6 fails, I use Opus 4.7.
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#17qwencodernext. ask me about what it does and doesnt do.
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#19For straightforward coding tasks I use gpt-5.3-codex on high or xhigh. Sometimes I try 5.5 but overall 5.3-codex is more than capable enough for most of my needs and quite a bit cheaper.
For more interactive/discussion/planning or orchestration stuff, I find myself going back and forth between Opus 4.7 and GPT 5.5. Still not sure which one I prefer.
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#20Claude Sonnet for daily tasks, GPT 5.5 for reviewing Sonnet’s work, and Qwen for very specific tasks