Comment by elxr

For boilerplate, yeah. But when asking research or exploratory questions, or weighing whether a feature is well designed, or asking "can I implement _x_ feature using these libraries without introducing unnecessary complexity", then GPT-5.5 medium is still fast enough.

10-20 seconds times a couple turns on a new feature isn't bad. Kimi is also similarly fast if not faster.

I do agree with smaller models for more constrained/routine tasks though.