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Inspired by this, I made the same thing for dev tools, counting only comments that actually recommend the tool (not just mention it): https://shouvik12.github.io/hackertools
Re:Ask HN: How do you choose a model for a task? on Monday May 11, 2026 @01:04PM (#48097633)
for short, stateless stuff,definitions, formatting, quick lookups I have never noticed a meaningful difference between models. But anything that requires reasoning across a lot of prior context, it's usually claude sonet or opus. But feels like the vibe will soon take me to codex
I use Claude for initial idea validation.It is decent. For iteration and refinement, I route simpler clarifications through local models (Qwen via Ollama)