Comment by thewebguyd
6 days ago
Yeah I think people are sleeping on the smaller/faster models like Sonnet. As long as you have a detailed plan or small, well scoped individual tasks Sonnet can implement just fine. Opus will still do better at more open ended tasks or completely "vibe coding." Or spec/plan with Opus, and have Sonnet implement.
I was surprised to learn that Sonnet generally has the same tokens per second as Opus
I would indeed be more inclined to use it if the tokens per second were better. Though I would be then using their more expensive Opus less though. Perhaps it is strategy.
They should add a Sonnet 5 fast mode at ~Opus pricing