Comment by afro88

This may sound backwards, but gemini 3 flash is quite good when given very specific tasks. It's very fast (much faster than Opus and GPT-5.2), follows instructions very well and spits out working code (in contrast to other flash, haiku etc fast models).

It does need a solid test suite to keep it in check. But you can move very fast if you have well defined small tasks to give it. I have a PRD then breakdown epics, stories and finally the tasks with Pro first. Works very well.