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		merlindru 9 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: GPT‑5.3 Instant but why not have "sane defaults but configurable"? hide away the extra complexity for everyone. give power users a way to get it back.

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dotancohen 9 days ago [–]

The model doesn't even need to be exposed in the UI. Let the user specify "use model foobar-4" or "use a coding model" or "use a middle-tier attorney model".

VIM does this well: no UI, magic incantations to use features.

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