Does anyone actually pay API costs out of their own pocket? It's about 10x cheaper to just get a codex or chat gpt subscription, it's so heavily subsidized compared to the API that I'm sure it would be cheaper to use frontier models on a subscription plan rather than paying API prices for deepseek flash.
I pay $100 for Codex and it last about a day in the weekly limit - mostly Astra and Sol.
Then i got $20 into DeepSeek and i've been using those $20 for two weeks every day now. Use case is automating computer/browser use - Astra is really good at it, but very expensive, Sol and Luna haven't been that great at it, Deepseek as at about 80% of Astra but lasts forever.
I'm using the Deepseek harness with the deepseek computer use and deepseek browser integration, it's somewhat janky but it gets the job done.
Also for coding i use OMP directly with Deepseek.
It's been rather awesome because even maxed out $20 gets you very far in between Codex resets.
I also tried developing a small game where I have Astra use as many Deepseek workers and it needs and it only does the 3D objects and high level architecture and integration, but it goes way too quickly to see good results yet.
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akmarinov · · focus · HN ↗
Then i got $20 into DeepSeek and i've been using those $20 for two weeks every day now. Use case is automating computer/browser use - Astra is really good at it, but very expensive, Sol and Luna haven't been that great at it, Deepseek as at about 80% of Astra but lasts forever.
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akmarinov · · focus · HN ↗
Also for coding i use OMP directly with Deepseek.
It's been rather awesome because even maxed out $20 gets you very far in between Codex resets.
I also tried developing a small game where I have Astra use as many Deepseek workers and it needs and it only does the 3D objects and high level architecture and integration, but it goes way too quickly to see good results yet.