--- title: Single-pass AI code isn’t dead, but “high-reasoning” is... description: CloudBees CEO Moritz Plassnig and Sparq's Jackson Stakeman debate the role of high-reasoning AI models versus single-pass tools in software development.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/single-pass-ai-code-isn-t-dead-but-high-reasoning-is-the-next-frontier-rqgshslza twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Single-pass AI code isn’t dead, but “high-reasoning” is the next frontier | daily.dev og:description: CloudBees CEO Moritz Plassnig and Sparq's Jackson Stakeman debate the role of high-reasoning AI models versus single-pass tools in software development.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/single-pass-ai-code-isn-t-dead-but-high-reasoning-is-the-next-frontier-rqgshslza og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/rqGSHSLzA.png og:image:alt: Single-pass AI code isn’t dead, but “high-reasoning” is the next frontier og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Single-pass AI code isn’t dead, but “high-reasoning” is the next frontier **[The New Stack](https://daily.dev/sources/newstack)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary CloudBees CEO Moritz Plassnig and Sparq's Jackson Stakeman debate the role of high-reasoning AI models versus single-pass tools in software development. Plassnig argues single-pass isn't dead but will be relegated to simpler tasks, with teams routing work intelligently based on complexity. Stakeman agrees on intelligent routing but cautions that high-reasoning models become black boxes and that most enterprise workloads still sit in the simpler bell-curve range. Both agree the real deciding factor is whether teams have a clear ROI measurement mechanism for AI spend, rather than defaulting to whatever is marketed as best. The piece also touches on FrontierMath benchmarks and OpenAI/Anthropic's own framing of reasoning tiers. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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