Cheap Twin: Escalate Only When the Small Model Needs Help
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Cross-post of Insights #7 — canonical: https://sheikhwasim.com/insights/cheap-twin-escalate-when-needed/ Most agent stacks send every request to the flagship model "just in case." That looks careful. It is usually waste — and it hides when the cheap path was already good enough. Latency climbs. The…
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Cheap Twin: Escalate Only When the Small Model Needs Help