> Very much disagree, to me it clearly shows the gap between Open Source and the frontier.

Yes, this is true.

> You can not do real code work with open source models right now.

This is false, or you're using "real" as a loophole. You can absolutely do real coding work with open source models, right now, right this second.

I'm doing so today using Qwen 3.8 Flash Next running locally, and GLM 5.3 Flash hosted.

We could do real work with Opus 4.5, 4.6. These models (for coding) are more than good enough to do work that Opus 4.6 could do, and in some ways are superior.