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One month coding with GLM 5.3 Flash

228 points · 180 comments · ThibWeb

ThibWeb · 1790954955 · focus · HN ↗
It was a bit of a silly challenge, wasn’t sure how workable, learned a lot in the process about what actually drives usage / costs, and how to keep both under control
1. cvburgess · 1790955952 · focus · HN ↗
  Considering they were your top two models, how did the flash and non-flash versions compare? Did you use them for different tasks?
  1. gunalx · 1790968866 · focus · HN ↗
    When text wuality or for pure but adwansed coding is concerned i always pick glm 5.3. The flash is awesome for everything that dosent really matter though.
  2. ThibWeb · 1790969873 · focus · HN ↗
    I have a hard time justifying GLM 5.3 these days. It’s slightly better than Flash but rarely enough to justify the much steeper price. We chose to use usage-based billing only so are very sensitive to model price.
  3. RussianCow · 1790973103 · focus · HN ↗
    Not OP, but I've used both quite a bit and I think GLM 5.3 (non-flash) is a vastly better model. The flash variant is good for general workhorse agents, but it doesn't seem to reason holistically about code and over-engineers solutions to each specific problem it solves. But if you use GLM 5.3 to write a detailed plan with little to no ambiguity, GLM 5.3 Flash executes it just fine for a fraction of the price.

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