Notes, writeups, and news from the workshop of Kagan Erkan (kaganerkan). https://www.kaganerkan.com/pages/blog 2026-10-18T23:29:05.427Z Kagan Erkan https://www.kaganerkan.com/ https://www.kaganerkan.com/pages/posts/deepseek-v4-1-flash-1017-benchmarks 2026-10-18T00:00:00Z 2026-10-18T00:00:00Z Kagan Erkanhttps://www.kaganerkan.com/

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 is the cheapest model I have used for serious coding, and it feels faster than its price. Official benchmarks, hands-on results, and the caching advantage.

https://www.kaganerkan.com/pages/posts/gemini-4-argon-review 2026-10-15T00:00:00Z 2026-10-15T00:00:00Z Kagan Erkanhttps://www.kaganerkan.com/

Gemini 4 Argon is impressive but dumb where it matters. A practical review of Google's model for law, documents, research, and coding.