There will always be a gap, but what's interesting is that because new models are constantly coming out, we as an industry never spend any time extracting the maximal value out of an existing model. What if there are techniques, and harness workflows that could be optimized for a singular model end to end? How far can that push the state of the art.

An example is https://blog.can.ac/2026/02/12/the-harness-problem/ for just improving edits.

Or if we could really steer these open source models using well structured plans, could we spend more time planning into a specific way and kick off the build over night (a la the night shift https://jamon.dev/night-shift)