I prefer the approach of focusing on faster models despite their lower intelligence because I want my IDE to fly when I can see the code. I find this useful when I need to manually debug something that any model is able to do, so I know it's going to fail but at least it will fail fast. On the other hand, if I need more intelligence I have my other CLI that doesn't allow me to see the code but gets the planning and difficult code done.
Our view is that there is a now a minimal amount of intelligence that is necessary to be productive, and that if you can pair that with speed that is awesome.
What's funny is there's many industries outside A.I. that pick their talent the same way. ;)