[HN Gopher] Selection rather than prediction
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       Selection rather than prediction
        
       Author : languid-photic
       Score  : 18 points
       Date   : 2026-02-03 23:31 UTC (3 days ago)
        
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       | tomtom1337 wrote:
       | Any suggestions for <<orchestrating>> this type of experiment?
       | 
       | And how does one compare the results in a way that is easy to
       | parse? 7 models producing 1 PR each is one way, but it doesn't
       | feel very easy to compare such.
        
       | jmalicki wrote:
       | Is this going to get my Claude subscription cancelled if I run it
       | with a claude backend, given that it's orchestrating the CLI? I
       | am still a little unclear about the boundaries of that.
        
       | fph wrote:
       | AI is like XML: if it doesn't solve your problem, you are not
       | using enough of it.
        
       | bisonbear wrote:
       | Intuitively makes sense, but in my experience, a more realistic
       | workflow is using the main agent to sub-agent delegation pattern
       | instead of straight 7x-ing token costs.
       | 
       | By delegating to sub agents (eg for brainstorming or review), you
       | can break out of local maxima while not using quite as many more
       | tokens.
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       | Additionally, when doing any sort of complex task, I do research
       | -> plan -> implement -> review, clearing context after each
       | stage. In that case, would I want to make 7x research docs, 7x
       | plans, etc.? probably not. Instead, a more prudent use of tokens
       | might be to have Claude do research+planning, and have Codex do a
       | review of that plan prior to implementation.
        
         | girvo wrote:
         | > straight 7x-ing token costs
         | 
         | You are probably right, but my work pays for as many tokens as
         | I want, which opens up a bunch of tactics that otherwise would
         | be untenable.
         | 
         | I stick with sub-agent approaches outside of work for this
         | reason though, which is more than fair a point
        
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