[varispeed]

> It doesn't beat the other models, but it sure competes despite its size.

But what is the rationale for running a dumb model? Because it can ocasionally produce something passable?

I don't get where is the value apart from mild entertainment, as in "I am somewhat of Anthropic myself".

[simjnd]

Are you dumb because you're not Einstein? Intelligence is a spectrum. Just because you're not #1 doesn't mean you're dumb. A lot of small models are not frontier but are still very competent and are very useful coding agent. It may take better prompting and more guiding, but that can be a reasonable tradeoff for some people.