DeepSeek-v4.1-Flash-1017

Re:DeepSeek-v4.1-Flash-1017 by slopinthebag on Saturday October 17, 2026 @05:18AM (#50129331)

idk, sol 6.1 is both cheap and capable. i've been using it exclusively, i don't need to care about usage, and it's really smart.

yes maybe opus 5.5 is stronger and flash is cheaper, but 6.1 strikes a good balance imo.

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Re:DeepSeek-v4.1-Flash-1017 by computerex on Saturday October 17, 2026 @06:51AM (#50129895)

OpenAI models don’t come close to competing with deepseek in cost quality ratio. I have a $20 plus plan and I run out of my 5h limit in literal minutes, every tick of the harness is like 10% of my 5h limit.

You can in contrast get far more done with $20 worth of deepseek api spend. No comparison.

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Re:DeepSeek-v4.1-Flash-1017 by slopinthebag on Saturday October 17, 2026 @06:15PM (#50135671)

maybe, but sol 6.1 is far more capable than deepseek, and i love deepseek

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Re:DeepSeek-v4.1-Flash-1017 by ReptileMan on Saturday October 17, 2026 @05:21AM (#50129357)

i have a feeling that Sol is just Astra low, but with lowest possible priority on the compute.

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Re:DeepSeek-v4.1-Flash-1017 by WASDx on Saturday October 17, 2026 @05:43AM (#50129490)

I believe it's Astra quantized. It was briefly named astra-lite.

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