It's hard to justify using models that are dumber than Fable and Astra. For real-world code work, the benefits massively outweigh the cost.
The benefit isn't better code, it's something else that's more subtle.
everyone using fable/astra (most of you on subs, because no one can afford that) should try switching back to the other high reasoning models (opus/sol)
you'll likely realize your tasks dont perform any differently