Here's to naming things properly...

So there I am staring at my screen, thinking about which GPT model to use for a simple writing task. And I'm confronted with THIS monstrosity:

Absolutely no marketing professionals were consulted (or harmed) in the creation of these model names.

Greetings Grasshopper!

So there I am staring at my screen, thinking about which GPT model to use for a simple writing task. And I'm confronted with THIS monstrosity:

Absolutely no marketing professionals were consulted (or harmed) in the creation of these model names.

Y'all. WHAT IS THIS ALPHABET SOUP?

There's "GPT-4o" (great for questions), "GPT-4o with scheduled tasks" (BETA!), "GPT-4.5" (RESEARCH PREVIEW!), "o1" (uses advanced reasoning?), "o3-mini" (fast at advanced reasoning?), "o3-mini-high" (coding and logic!), and... wait for it... "GPT-4o mini" which is apparently "faster for most questions."

And don't miss that little warning icon telling me GPT-4 is "Leaving on April 30." Bye, Felicia!

Oh! And breaking news - they're now rolling out GPT-4.1! Because all this perfectly clear naming system needed was for the numbers to get smaller instead of bigger.

This right here? This is what happens when companies get so big that they forget Epic Engagement Maneuver #6: Know Thy Niche.

These model names make perfect sense to the brilliant developers who created them. But to us mere mortals just trying to write a flippin' email? It's like trying to read the ingredients list on doggie shampoo without my contacts - very frustrating.

So. I created First Draft Ninja™️ - to make AI content creation simple for people who just want to create great content without needing a PhD in Computer Science. (I mean, I don't have one. )