Oh man, I was composing my own opinion, and I can see that Hacker News is brimming with opinions. But that’s perfectly fine, I believe. All the diverse perspectives that we engage in this intellectual sparring match is a positive thing, isn’t it? :)

How is this different from codexbar ?

This encompasses all the back-and-forth arguments I can think of. I would assume that proponents will eventually also mention AGI or ASI. :)

As a regular user, I hit these walls so often. I am experimenting with local model and open code. I am hoping to see some good results with qwen3 coder

This is hilarious. I did not know until now. Black mirror episode for this era is staying with ads :)

> It’s funny how I spend so much time on HN, yet couldn’t point out a single username besides dang.

That’s very true. These days, when I come across especially thoughtful comments, I’ll sometimes click through to the user’s profile afterward. I think it’s better to judge a comment on its own merits than to let implicit bias creep in based on things like “CEO,” fame, a high-karma account, and so on.

Main reason I haven’t switched over to the new pi coding agent (or even fully to Claude Code alternatives) is the price point. I eat tokens for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

I’m on a $100/mo plan, but the codex bar makes it look like I’m burning closer to $500 every 30 days. I tried going local with Qwen 3 (coding) on a Blackwell Pro 6000, and it still feels a beat behind, either laggy, or just not quite good enough for me to fully relinquish Claude Code.

Curious what other folks are seeing: any success stories with other agents on local models, or are you mostly sticking with proprietary models?

I’m feeling a bit vendor-locked into Claude Code: it’s pricey, but it’s also annoyingly good

According to the article, Pi massively shrinks your context use (due to smaller system prompt and lack of MCPs) so your token use may drop. Also Pi seems to support Anthropic OAuth for your plan (but afaik they might ban you)

I second that from using Pi for two weeks now. It's not a little but a massive difference. My estimation is about 5-10x longer lasting token windows. Getting done more is just one of the benefits. I've briefly summarised my experience in this article: https://ewaldbenes.com/en/blog/the-only-coding-agent-you-ll-...

And its doubtful they are anywhere near break even costs

I did not know about his videos until now :)

It’s almost as if the world is wide and we are siloed.

For example “High School Musical” Made a billion dollars withoute even knowing such a thing existed.

Edit This is the first I heard of this as well, but it bothers me. Along with the Salisbury poisonings I would be interested in how any criminal activities foreign agents are suspected of doing in the UK (Russia presumably heading the list)

Fireship got me here.