model-routing
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Big Model at Low Reasoning, or Small Model Cranked to Max? One Gives You "Wisdom," the Other Gives You "Diligence"
Kun Chen cycled through every model-size × reasoning-intensity combo for two weeks and landed on a clean split: model size gives "wisdom," reasoning intensity gives "diligence." The two aren't interchangeable — and benchmarks flattening them into one score is why people confuse them.
One Human, One AI, and a Whole Fleet Underneath: This Org Chart Shows How to Split Work and Money Across Models
Kun Chen mapped his daily agent fleet: one "firstmate" managing persistent "secondmates," which spin up disposable "crewmates" per task. Each crewmate gets routed to whichever model is the best deal for the job. gu-log runs its own translation pipeline on the exact same logic.
OpenRouter Fusion: Three Cheap Models Hold a Meeting — and Catch the Flagship
OpenRouter shipped Fusion: run several models in parallel, then have one model read every answer and rewrite a final response. On DRACO, three cheap models beat solo GPT-5.5 and Opus 4.8 and nearly match Fable 5 at half the cost.