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  "canonicalUrl": "https://jacob.blog/notes/right-size-models-for-the-work",
  "path": "/notes/right-size-models-for-the-work",
  "publishedAt": "2025-07-16T00:00:00.000Z",
  "site": "at://did:plc:ckthoyuvsmkp254fyuinyzb2/site.standard.publication/3mndm6tiamb26",
  "tags": [
    "ai",
    "agentic-engineering"
  ],
  "textContent": "Defaulting to the most capable (expensive) model for every task is misallocation—like paying a principal engineer to do junior work; right-size the model to the work (Attila Vágó).\n\n> Because having solved coding — at least according to Boris Cherny — we’re running into new, more challenging problems. And as much as I’d like them to be, these aren’t just another AI subscription, another MCP or a clever agent away.\n\n- Many agentic-engineering problems are process, codebase, and product problems—not fixable by a “better model” dropdown alone.",
  "title": "Right-size models for the work"
}