#models
16 items tagged #models.
GUIDE 2026-05-22
Choosing and pinning models in GitHub Copilot
GitHub made GPT-5.3-Codex the Copilot enterprise base model on May 17. Here is how to see which model you are actually using, pick a different one per session, and detect when the default changes under you.
GUIDE 2026-05-22
Using Gemini 3.5 Flash without surprise bills
Gemini 3.5 Flash is fast and three times the price of the last Flash. Here is how to pick it deliberately, cap what it can spend, and measure cost per task instead of per token.
BLOG 2026-05-22
You didn't pick this model
On May 17, GitHub made GPT-5.3-Codex the base model for every Copilot Business and Enterprise org. Most developers on those plans didn't choose it and may not be able to change it. The model writing your code is becoming a platform decision.
NEWS 2026-05-22
GitHub Copilot makes GPT-5.3-Codex its enterprise base model
From May 17, GPT-5.3-Codex is the base model for every Copilot Business and Enterprise organization, replacing GPT-4.1. It is also Copilot's first long-term-support model, guaranteed available for a year.
BLOG 2026-05-03
Context windows stopped being the differentiator and nobody noticed
Two years ago, the context window race mattered. Now every model worth using has 200k+ tokens, and the actual bottleneck has moved somewhere else. Where it moved is more interesting than where it was.
NEWS 2026-05-02
GitHub Copilot adds model picker: Claude, Gemini, and GPT-4o now selectable
Copilot Business and Enterprise users can now choose between Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Gemini 1.5 Pro, and GPT-4o within the same subscription. Individual plan access comes later this quarter.
GUIDE 2026-04-22
Setting up Cline with Claude, GPT-4o, and OpenRouter as fallback providers
Cline lets you wire up multiple model providers and route between them. Here's the config that survived a month of real use, including the OpenRouter fallback that saved a deadline.
NEWS 2026-04-13
Anthropic ships Claude 3.7 Sonnet: incremental gains, real cost shift
The new Sonnet release lands with modest capability improvements and a meaningful pricing change for cached prompts. Here's what it means for your AI coding tool of choice.
BLOG 2026-03-26
The 7B coding model renaissance: small models are good enough for more than you think
Qwen 2.5 Coder 7B, DeepSeek Coder V2 lite, and a few others are quietly making 'small local model' a real category. The use cases that fit are larger than the 'just for autocomplete' framing.
BLOG 2026-03-21
The context window arms race ended; nobody noticed
Two years ago, model context windows were the headline feature. Now they range from 128k to 2M and it doesn't matter for most workflows. Here's what actually does.
NEWS 2026-03-14
Anthropic releases Claude 3.7 Haiku with 4x speed at lower cost
Claude 3.7 Haiku launches with significant speed improvements over 3.5 Haiku and pricing on par with the older model. The implications for autocomplete-style workflows are real.
