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Model, effort and cost

What was spent, on which task, at which capability, and whether the choice was ever recorded.

Model, effort and cost

Capability is a dial with a price. This area covers spending the wrong amount in either direction — maximum effort on a rename, a cheap model on an architectural decision — and the fact that the choice is normally made implicitly and recorded nowhere, so the spend cannot be tied to an accepted outcome.

4 moments

Every moment that names this one. Derived from the moments; this page keeps no list.

  1. watched the strongest model, at maximum effort, rename a variableCapability, reasoning depth, context size and verbosity collapse into one habit — everything on — because nothing ever named them separately. cost: mediumconstant Why, and what to do →
  2. let a fast, cheap session make a decision the whole codebase now lives withCapability is dialled down for cost and nothing distinguishes the tasks where that is prudent from the ones where it is expensive. cost: highoccasional Why, and what to do →
  3. could not say why one provider was used for that work and another for thisProvider and model selection is made implicitly, per session, and recorded nowhere, so it cannot be reviewed or repeated. cost: mediumcommon Why, and what to do →
  4. looked at the bill and could not say which of it produced anythingConsumption is measured per account and outcomes are recorded per person, so the two can never be joined. cost: mediumcommon Why, and what to do →