Given how quickly things evolve, it’s easy to get lost in the numerous offerings and hard to get the best deal. So, what do you use? Both clients/harnesses and LLM providers or local setups would be interesting.
Personally, I’ve been using opencode with Github copilot for work. I’m currently looking for cost-effective provider for personal work. Maybe openrouter with one of the cheap models?


If you forgot to write good code and good architecture, in a span of what, at most, a year, then you were never a good engineer to begin with.
I was worth every penny I earned 4 years ago. 1 year ago, I had to open documentation for C++ features I use for a decade. I could not remember how it works.
Your brain is a muscle, and sure, I had more time to teach, but I got worse at teaching because I got worse at doing