# Sol Medium

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Sol Medium and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended for a good balance of speed and thoroughness and for finding alternatives when the obvious approach fails; one caveat is needing more care for planning and implementation.

## Why people recommend it

- Default model for most work (2 comments): "I have been using Sol Medium and it works great." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49477529)) "I run sol on medium about 90% of the time." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49393865))
- Used for planning and implementation (2 comments): "Defaulting to Sol Medium/Light for most planning and implementation I think is tricky or want more care in." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49673682)) "Plan with sol-med, implement with luna-high. Rarely a problem." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49278868))

## What people warn about

- Needs more care for planning (1 comments): "Defaulting to Sol Medium/Light for most planning and implementation I think is tricky or want more care in." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49673682))

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## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Sol Medium", https://hackerapproved.com/p/sol-medium/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).