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Wrapping a small or inappropriate model in sophisticated RAG, multi-step reasoning frameworks, and expensive eval layers does not transform its base capability. The "golden saddle" is your infrastructure; the "donkey" is the model. If the base reasoning is insufficient for the task, no amount of harness ornamentation will produce correctness. Change the model or change the task.