[zobzu]

flash is the fast (duh) model though. its not always beneficial to use pro. in practice: 1/ set to flash 3.1 ; 2/ force to pro...sometimes. mainly when the cli fails to predict what model to use.

note that it will sometimes fall back to flash 2, which sucks

[mapontosevenths]

Flash will absolutely destroy a complex codebase. It's like a drunk junior programmer. Don't trust it with anything more complex than autocomplete.

Pro is expensive, but good. However they've decreased the pitiful stipend they used to include in even the ultra plan to the point were it's barely usable. I pivoted back to ChatGPT Pro after the recent downgrade they gave Ultra users. Googles Ultra plan cost 2.5x as much and delivers about half the usage.

[chrisweekly]

Tangent: this is one of those situations where slang is harmful to understanding. When I saw "will absolutely destroy" my first interpretation was a positive connotation. Of course further context made it clear you were being straightforward, and this isn't aimed at you. Along these lines, "drop" has become a problematic term: "Acme co dropped support for Foo" means it's EOL, but "Foo dropped today" implies it just landed. Idioms are hard enough when they don't serve as borderline autoantonyms. To wrap up this extended digression, if anyone else finds this sort of thing interesting, and could use a good laugh, check out Ismo (a standup comic from Finland who makes truly hilarious observations about English as a second language).

https://youtu.be/oGmzfjuicE0?si=nL_W75s8UDp1g-zI

https://youtu.be/jXcMoHeWaYQ?si=QMi7nEwVWvCZyzbl

[kridsdale1]

I had the same experience.

[sureMan6]

Yeah I don't get the user who said Gemini is generous with the quota, I get more use out of codex with the 5 hour limits than Gemini gives me in a week

[psychoslave]

> It's like a drunk junior programmer.

Thanks for the laugh. :)