Meta
The meta, as in games: what’s strongest right now, what most people actually use, and where things are heading, field by field. Each page is a tier list with its sources and an “as of” date, so you can see at a glance where to put your time.
| Meta | What it ranks | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| AI models | the strongest models, plus the best for coding, agents, value, speed | daily, automatic |
| Programming languages | dominant, core, niche and legacy languages; the go-to language for each field; what’s rising | monthly, by hand |
| Cybersecurity | vendors attackers exploit most (CISA KEV, last 90 days), products, ransomware links, newest exploited | daily, automatic |
| Patch notes | every change to every meta, newest first | daily, automatic |
How to use the metas: the top tier is what wins now; the notes say what is rising or fading. A meta tells you where the field is, not what you must learn: pick from it by what you want to build.
Latest patch notes
2026-10-28 · Cybersecurity: what attackers exploit
- ▲ up Google: A → S
- ▲ up Adobe: B → A
2026-10-27 · Cybersecurity: what attackers exploit
- + new PHP Group: enters B
2026-10-26 · AI models
- launch AI models: meta added to the site
2026-10-26 · Cybersecurity: what attackers exploit
- launch Cybersecurity: what attackers exploit: meta added to the site
2026-10-26 · Programming languages
- launch Programming languages: meta added to the site
AI models now
SSS54+
Claude Opus 5.5 58Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 5.5 56Anthropic
Muse Wonder Full 56Meta
Kimi K3.1 Pro 55Kimi
SS50–53
Claude Fable 5.1 53Anthropic
GPT-6 Astra 53OpenAI
Gemini 4 Argon 53Google
GPT-6.1 Sol 52OpenAI
Muse Wonder 52Meta
S43–49
Grok 4.7 46SpaceXAI
MiMo-V2.6-Pro 46Xiaomi
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 45DeepSeek
GLM-5.3 45Z AI
Qwen3.8 Max 0902 45Alibaba
Ling 3.1 Flash 1019 44InclusionAI
Step 5 Preview 44StepFun
Claude Haiku 5.5 43Anthropic
+1 more
A38–42
GLM-5.3-Flash 42Z AI
GPT-5.6 Terra 42OpenAI
Gemini 3.8 Flash 41Google
Ling 3.1 Flash 41InclusionAI
Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B 40Alibaba
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next 40Alibaba
Muse Spark Open 39Meta
GPT-6 Luna 38OpenAI
+2 more
B30–37
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 36DeepSeek
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision 35DeepSeek
JT-4.1 Flash 236B A21B 34China Mobile
Qwen3.8 27B 34Alibaba
K2 Horizon 375B A23B 31Institute of Foundation Models
Beam 1.0 30Reflection
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview 30Google
C23–29
MiniMax-M3 29MiniMax
Quasar 438B 27Multiverse Computing
Solar Pro 4 27Upstage
Apodex 1.1 26Apodex
GPT-5.5 Instant 26OpenAI
Inkling Small 26Thinking Machines
Kimi K2.7 Code 26Kimi
Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 26NVIDIA
+8 more