Who is still paying retail for coding agents directly rather than resellers?

It is a cool business model for those of us who are poor but still need to code shit :) These seem to be popping up everywhere now but especially in East Asia. It just takes some time searching out reputable ones. I won't post any links here to any direct ones to avoid TOS. I found a few aggragators like apiarena.dev which i think is a main one and a couple in Mandarin. The Chinese ones have models that are only available in China like Doubao and the incredible Volcano Engine Ark and are pretty good deals, though with GLM 5.2 much less so.

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u/Apprehensive_Half_68 — 3 days ago

Who is still paying retail for coding agents directly rather than resellers?

It is a cool business model for those of us who are poor but still need to code shit :) These seem to be popping up everywhere now but especially in Asia. It just takes some time searching out reputable ones. I won't post any links here to any direct ones to avoid TOS. I just found a couple of aggragators like apiarena.dev which i think is a main one and a couple in Mandarin you can ask me about. The Chinese ones have models that are only available in China like Doubao and the incredible Volcano Engine Ark.

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u/Apprehensive_Half_68 — 3 days ago

Who is using Claude/GPT/GLM/oss resellers?

I don't see why people still buy individual Claude/GPT accounts when you can get better deals with any of the major API resellers? I've never had a bad problem have you? List your favorites you've tried..

Do you know of any other aggregators?

apiarena.dev

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u/Apprehensive_Half_68 — 3 days ago

Your ideal "new conversation" experience?

I've been trying to design an ultimate handoff system for many months. Ideally, at the beginning of any conversation i can just type a task, the session gets named, the terminal tab gets named/renamed even with some tie-in plugin, then as we are working something is watching and updating the handoff anticipating it at some points incrementally then i can issue a command like /end and it produces a line to point the next agent to the handoff instantly without the grinding and wasting of my time because the handoff is precompiled. I'd be interested to hear if you experienced guys would have more optimization ideas? I just REALLY despise the context window management process so any tiny savings here or there matter!

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u/Apprehensive_Half_68 — 13 days ago

Tool usage bug?

In all my projects the Opencode agents lose the ability to lose tools and occasional apologize for using image generating tools on accident. They cannot write or read files so I have to copy handoff from the chat and start over. It's become a nightmare lately. Ideas? I was thinking it could be model switching within the same chat? I'm new to OC and it has become my only ide now.

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u/Apprehensive_Half_68 — 29 days ago

Why are you still using direct 1st party accounts?

I still keep one CC account to use their phone app and Claude Desktop/Work which are so damn useful. But I still see people spending 100-200+ in these forums...do we need cheap inference accounts when you get the same shit at 10%? It seems the discount industry has solved the cheap I gere ce and the new hotness is services on top of them. I'm thinking people just don't know know where to find them on Telegram and Discord? I'm not going to post my favorite because it will appear I'm shilling. If you have a favorite maybe you could share?

Mods if this is disallowed please remove no problem. No harm intended!

Check for yourself on independent sites like apiarena.dev or can post of

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u/Apprehensive_Half_68 — 29 days ago

API resellers?

Why do we need cheap inference accounts when you get the same shit at 10%? I don't get this cheap openai/Gemini/Claude.. is it just ignorance that people don't know where to find them? Genuinely curious. If you have a favorite reseller post it here!

:guys...just go to apiarena.dev to find one yourself please !

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u/Apprehensive_Half_68 — 29 days ago

Heavily Discount Claude/OpenAI resellers?

Anyone recommend any you've PERSONALLY TRIED only? I have 2 subs to Chinese ones and looking to get one more dependable as they only take wechat. apiarena.dev has some but need a personal recommendation because some look sketchy. It must have a free trial btw.

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u/Apprehensive_Half_68 — 29 days ago
▲ 0 r/ZaiGLM

Anybody so sick of their GLM account they want to give their account and/or API tokens away? I'd love to try it out as a former user. Every few months I keep hoping!

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u/Apprehensive_Half_68 — 2 months ago

As the ram, gpus and other operational costs of the providers skyrocket it seems it's just a matter of time before the prices will settle that high or higher.

Right now companies are bleeding money subsidizing prices but that can't last forever.

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u/Apprehensive_Half_68 — 2 months ago