Open models can do 90 percent of agentic work at a twentieth of the cost
Betelbuddy
27 points
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November 03, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (2 comments)
Northernator11
New deep seek 4.1 has done the majority of coding tasks ive thrown at it no problem
elijahglass
Open weight models are extremely capable. The stats the article relies on are not the most accurate since open weight models are known for higher verbosity and lack of efficiency. Although if you're self hosting open weights that's a different story all together.