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Real question: is there anybody that is both maintaining alpha-dev capability by keeping abreast of all these daily changes, while also reserving enough time to

Real question: is there anybody that is both maintaining alpha-dev capability by keeping abreast of all these daily changes, while also reserving enough time to actually work? Seems like we've reached the event horizon of whether AI advances are worth paying attention to.

cyanydeez 2mo ago
Are you saying we've reached peak Bike shedding?
- bee_rider 2mo ago
  How about: The yaks have started shaving themselves, who can keep track of how good a job they are doing?
becquerel 2mo ago
I think the play now is to just try out whatever the best new model is every time you see a headline that fundamentally reorganizes your conception of what's possible.
petesergeant 2mo ago
I don't think you need to be keeping abreast of them really, you just need to be using the best model you can get enough tokens from, which for many people is Fable 5 @ $200ish, ideally fanning out implementation to cheaper models
- bronson 2mo ago
  > which for many people is Fable 5 Not for me, Fable refuses to debug Linux kernel bugs. Unless you say who you're speaking for, it sounds like you're just shilling for Anthropic.
  - petesergeant 2mo ago
    I would love to be shilling for Anthropic, but I am not. I am part of a group of about 30 developers, and 80% of them are using Fable 5 and very sold on it, with the remainder being committed to Sol. Both are competent, but among our set (who will try anything), Fable 5 is definitely winning. The fucking refusals for security work are insane though, and I hate them. I use Sol and Grok 4.5 as my inline debuggers/reviewers, and both do well, and are decent at token save. DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 found some interesting bugs when I tried it a few days ago, and I'm curious to see if that also joins the code-review line up
naught0 2mo ago
I enjoy using opencode go to play around with a lot of different models. I wind up using deepseek v4 flash for most everything, stepping up to minimax m3 if that doesn't cut it, finally preferring GLM for complex tasks or important planning I want to go right the first time I recommend opencode or something akin to it to play with models. Any big model updates or hot new ones will naturally run across your desk that way
ljlolel 2mo ago
I do but that's become my work is routing between all the models and end to end encryption, and making new models from these models https://trustedrouter.com/blog/synth-iris-prometheus-zeus https://trustedrouter.com/blog/synth-iris-prometheus-zeus
speedgoose 2mo ago
Alpha dev?
- MarkLowenstein 2mo ago
  Made-up term. Like an alpha male or apex predator, the kind that are 10x and companies are often created around.
rcxdude 2mo ago
I feel like it's most useful to get in a bit of a groove with one setup and then poke your head up every now and again and try updating. Staying at the bleeding edge of anything can be a bit of a treadmill.

cyanydeez 2mo ago

Are you saying we've reached peak Bike shedding?

bee_rider 2mo ago
How about: The yaks have started shaving themselves, who can keep track of how good a job they are doing?

becquerel 2mo ago

I think the play now is to just try out whatever the best new model is every time you see a headline that fundamentally reorganizes your conception of what's possible.

petesergeant 2mo ago

I don't think you need to be keeping abreast of them really, you just need to be using the best model you can get enough tokens from, which for many people is Fable 5 @ $200ish, ideally fanning out implementation to cheaper models

bronson 2mo ago
> which for many people is Fable 5 Not for me, Fable refuses to debug Linux kernel bugs. Unless you say who you're speaking for, it sounds like you're just shilling for Anthropic.
- petesergeant 2mo ago
  I would love to be shilling for Anthropic, but I am not. I am part of a group of about 30 developers, and 80% of them are using Fable 5 and very sold on it, with the remainder being committed to Sol. Both are competent, but among our set (who will try anything), Fable 5 is definitely winning. The fucking refusals for security work are insane though, and I hate them. I use Sol and Grok 4.5 as my inline debuggers/reviewers, and both do well, and are decent at token save. DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 found some interesting bugs when I tried it a few days ago, and I'm curious to see if that also joins the code-review line up

naught0 2mo ago

I enjoy using opencode go to play around with a lot of different models. I wind up using deepseek v4 flash for most everything, stepping up to minimax m3 if that doesn't cut it, finally preferring GLM for complex tasks or important planning I want to go right the first time I recommend opencode or something akin to it to play with models. Any big model updates or hot new ones will naturally run across your desk that way

ljlolel 2mo ago

I do but that's become my work is routing between all the models and end to end encryption, and making new models from these models https://trustedrouter.com/blog/synth-iris-prometheus-zeus https://trustedrouter.com/blog/synth-iris-prometheus-zeus

speedgoose 2mo ago

Alpha dev?

MarkLowenstein 2mo ago
Made-up term. Like an alpha male or apex predator, the kind that are 10x and companies are often created around.

rcxdude 2mo ago

I feel like it's most useful to get in a bit of a groove with one setup and then poke your head up every now and again and try updating. Staying at the bleeding edge of anything can be a bit of a treadmill.