Opinion: A Prompt That Only Works on the Expensive Model Is a Liability
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The most expensive model in your stack should be the last resort, not the default, because the free tier is the best instrument for proving prompt quality. Most teams treat prompt quality as a property of the model: when output degrades, they upgrade the model instead of examining the prompt. That…
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- 2026-08-25 03:23 · DEV Community — AI
Opinion: A Prompt That Only Works on the Expensive Model Is a Liability