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Re:Expensively Quadratic: The LLM Agent Cost Curve on Monday February 16, 2026 @11:59AM (#47037381)
what i've learned running multi-agent workflows... >use the expensive models for planning/design and the cheaper models for implementation >stick with small/tightly scoped requests >clear the context window often and let the AGENTS.md files control the basics
Re:Qwen3.5: Towards Native Multimodal Agents on Monday February 16, 2026 @11:54AM (#47037310)
at this point it seems every new model scores within a few points of each other on SWE-bench. the actual differentiator is how well it handles multi-step tool use without losing the plot halfway through and how well it works with an existing stack