Hello X-friends and soon-to-be X-friends, I wrote this for you: yegge.ai/essays/seats-and-su… -- an essay (mostly) about fuel consumption. The TL;DR: Fable's the only good model, and it's too expensive, so nobody's orchestrators work worth a shit today. Also it won't get better for a year. Enjoy!

Seats and Sunsets — Steve Yegge

Seats and Sunsets

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Curious, have you ever tried OpenAI models?

Sep 16, 2026 · 1:06 AM UTC

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I run a pool of 12 Sols and 5 Astras, with four codex Max accounts. Very familiar.
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Read the article
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Never seen he claim he tried or but personality comparison.
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Did you even read the article?
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They're kind of like contractors whereas Fable is like an employee. Or alternatively workers who can't hit the high notes. joelonsoftware.com/2005/07/2…

Hitting the High Notes

In March, 2000, I launched this site with the shaky claim that most people are wrong in thinking you need an idea to make a successful software company: The common belief is that when you’re …

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