I can't trust even the best LLMs to write good code

>use opus 4.5 to write a tedious but conceptually easy function
>it generates slop
>I tell it how to fix the slop
>better but still slop
>repeat this process like 7 times
>Error: You've hit your usage limit

I'm considering moving to a dumber model that is faster and cheaper.
I think I will lean in more into treating them like a fancy pattern matcher/autocomplete and find one that is good for that. Maybe only use opus 4.5 for code review.

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