How do we know how different the code of pi vs opencode vs {commercial harness} is? I’m pretty happy with opencode but can’t quite understand whether I should spend the time to understand how different pi would be.
Pi is very minimal. That's the main difference between it and OpenCode. Although OpenCode has a new version called OpenCode Mini... which reminds me I told Dax I'd give it a whirl- so thanks for the reminder, stranger!
I wrote my own minimal coding harness last year because I hate software bloat, but Pi scratches that itch for me now.
Minimal alone isn’t a driving force for me. Coding intelligence and output is. I know Pete mostly codes with OC but farms hard jobs out to Codex. Teknium says he only codes in Hermes. I do iOS apps in Claude but everything else in deepseek or opus. I suspect things are about as good as they can be in terms of actual code.. across all levels.
Out of curiosity, have you come across Axiom (<a href="https://charleswiltgen.github.io/Axiom/" rel="nofollow">https://charleswiltgen.github.io/Axiom/) in your quest for more effective AI-assisted iOS coding?
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floydnoel · · focus · HN ↗
I wrote my own minimal coding harness last year because I hate software bloat, but Pi scratches that itch for me now.
browningstreet · · focus · HN ↗
Is that part of opencode v2?
Minimal alone isn’t a driving force for me. Coding intelligence and output is. I know Pete mostly codes with OC but farms hard jobs out to Codex. Teknium says he only codes in Hermes. I do iOS apps in Claude but everything else in deepseek or opus. I suspect things are about as good as they can be in terms of actual code.. across all levels.
CharlesW · · focus · HN ↗
Out of curiosity, have you come across Axiom (<a href="https://charleswiltgen.github.io/Axiom/" rel="nofollow">https://charleswiltgen.github.io/Axiom/) in your quest for more effective AI-assisted iOS coding?