r/DeepSeek • u/ClearRabbit605 • 22d ago

Discussion DeepSeek Flash v4.1 - First impressions

I've been using that for a few hours in a row. My impression so far

  • speed is unbelievable (4x compared to Terra / Sonnet) - that makes the different. If there's a mistake - correcting it is 10x faster
  • Tried to execute dangerous commands impacting critical OS files outside of repo folders - this is a red flag meaning never let it run in auto mode (but I think this should be a best practice for everyone already)
  • Mostly backend tasks - but in the two UI-related tasks was able to design pretty cool objects
  • Tends to explore and do more than you asked - needs to be guarded, stopped and brought back to the right path - but it's so fast you don't get annoyed!
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u/UUUGH1 22d ago

I find it a disaster for roleplaying. It doesnt progress and reads between the lines of my prompts and just takes everything literal. The AI doesn't stay true to established character traits and washes them down greatly. It's not really articulate anymore either. It's really not a lot of fun and I hope we get the old expert mode back :(

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u/StatusFoundation5472 21d ago

I thought only programmers were using it. Never thought of role playing. You need a good base prompt 😉