A Jev that can ask Opus for help gives Opus accuracy at 4x lower cost

Re:A Jev that can ask Opus for help gives Opus accuracy at 4... by xlayn on Friday November 06, 2026 @03:43PM (#50398243)

there is no difference... each case may be different, I have a local qwen gpu setup... and is fast... but not as fast as claude. Fable is amazing and if it cost the same as my qwen setup I'll be running fable and never had qwen in first place. But Fable is crazy expensive, Qwen is not as fast but cheaper... Haiku is fucking dumb IN MY HANDS... BUT my local qwen is quick enough to be briefed, get the idea and delegate. I work with Fable mostly delegating to opus/sonnet and it's cheaper than just fable, I can't stand working with opus or the other models.

Why Qwen directing the others? For the things claude refuse, Qwen can make very specific questions and still get an answer without triggering the thing.

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Re:A Jev that can ask Opus for help gives Opus accuracy at 4... by brabel on Saturday November 07, 2026 @07:14AM (#50403873)

I am using Haiku 5 and it’s amazing for the cost. I almost always use it instead of Opus5.5 for simpler tasks. In my experience it’s much better than the Qwen models!

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Re:A Jev that can ask Opus for help gives Opus accuracy at 4... by teknologist on Sunday November 08, 2026 @02:57AM (#50411267)

Haiku 5.5 xhigh/max is surprisingly capable; it just uses too much context.

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