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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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