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1. phpnode · 1790701901 · focus · HN ↗

   What's driving the increase in release cadence here? We seem to get new models every week or so now, is this RSI?

   1. system2 · 1790702330 · focus · HN ↗

      Chinese model pressure. Many of my SWE friends switched to Chinese models. I also use QWEN and GLM for many of the api requiring projects and dropped OpenAI and Anthropic. The only reason was the cost.

      EDIT: I love getting downvoted by openai and anthropic employees or their bots.

      1. wg0 · 1790703238 · focus · HN ↗

         I can't recommend Chinese models enough. My personal favorite is DeepSeek v4.1 Flash but I have tried Qwen 3.8, Kimi 3 and GLM 5.3 which are equally impressive but DeepSeek is the cheapest and fastest regularly hitting 270 token per second.

         And yeah I have worked with Anthropic and OpenAI models, they're good but they cost a fortune while Chinese models are already really good at a fraction of the cost.

         1. copperx · 1790704776 · focus · HN ↗

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         2. andybak · 1790706801 · focus · HN ↗

            DeepSeek v4.1 Flash is fascinating and uneven. It's way too chatty in OpenCode to be a collaboration partner. I tried dsh-tui which feels comparable to the codex/claude tui's and it's usable. but it seems to be "brilliant and yet stupid" in a way I can't quite put my finger on. I've got too much real work to get done to dig into it so until the big boys price me out of the market I'm back to my $100/month deal.

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