the gap between AI releases is collapsing.
OpenAI and Anthropic are now shipping models faster than most teams can finish evals on the last one.
if your stack is hard coded to one model you are already behind by the next product meeting.
@ManarchyXYZ checking work and producing it are just different skills. let the strict reviewer catch the mistakes and let the strong builder ship the thing. one model doing both is usually where stuff slips through.
model matchup of the week.
GPT-5.5 Pro: novel math proofs, brutal reviewer for technical papers.
Opus 4.8 in Claude Code: ships working viz of every human who ever lived in one shot.
use GPT for correctness. use Opus for output. stop forcing one model to do both.