Comment by wg0
5 hours ago
If you're not a noob and you know what you're doing then I can't recommend DeepSeek v4.1 Flash (set to high) enough.
5 hours ago
If you're not a noob and you know what you're doing then I can't recommend DeepSeek v4.1 Flash (set to high) enough.
Yeah I've already been using it for some implementation tasks. Works really well given the cost.
What's special it that noobs shouldn't use it?
Noobs are burning tokens like "make me an app that does this" whereas an experienced engineer would go with certain language, framework and architecture in mind.
How exactly does specifying the language, framework, and architecture in advance save a meaningful amount of tokens? I'd expect saying "make me an app" and "make me an app using Swift and SwiftUI" would be pretty close in terms of token usage. You save maybe one look up by the LLM for "what is the preferred language for writing an application for iOS?".
In general the weaker the model the more skill you need to drive it (at least if you care about quality).
It is not as self thinking, you need to be more detailed and accurate with the prompts.