Hands-on: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash struggles solo on long tasks, works better under an Opus/Astra advisor

After heavy use, the poster finds DeepSeek Flash 1017 can't reliably finish long-horizon tasks alone, but pairing it with Opus or Astra as advisor/commander greatly improves completion at good cost efficiency.

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@BigAvenu3Archived 9 days agoOriginally posted 2026.10.23