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Been researching a ton lately since my previous GO subscription already ran out. I got really hyped with the newer open source models, but in actual real-world projects they ended up being kinda underwhelming.

The only one that genuinely felt SOTA was Kimi K2.6, but if you look at actual cost per task it almost starts getting close to Claude. It overthinks a lot, takes forever, and while inference itself is way cheaper, the total cost per completed task really isn’t because of all the extra thinking and iterations.

So I ended up leaning more towards DeepSeek V4 Pro Max, which honestly worked pretty well when I had GO. But now Qwen 3.6 Plus which is FREE feels only like ~5% worse than DS4 Pro while still getting to basically the same end result with a bit more or less iteration.

Now I’m having this existential crisis wondering if paying for another subscription is even worth it anymore? I feel like all these models are starting to hit a ceiling where, with enough iterations/harnesses/skills/good prompts and plans, they all end up reaching pretty much the same result without needing to spend a lot of money?

Not gonna lie guys, I love OpenCode as a project, but Codex App feels years ahead of OpenCode Desktop.

It’s super smooth, the model handles MCPs way better, and the whole thing just feels buttery with the animations, interactive edits, being able to give "steering" prompts mid thinking and customizations, everything feels like it just flows. It genuinely changed my workflow.

Is there any way to bring my OpenCode Go subscription over to Codex? From what I saw, Codex deprecated v1/chat/completions and now uses v1/responses, and it doesn’t seem like OpenCode supports that. Has anyone managed to make it work?

Was thinking if it’s still worth renewing OpenCode Go now that the Kimi 3x boost is ending. Even with it I’m already about to hit the plan limits and it hasn’t even been a month, so I can’t imagine coding without it.

What are you guys using right now for best cost/performance? OpenCode Go, Ollama Pro, ChatGPT Plus, whatever else.

Hace unos meses me compré un kit para soldar, venía con el cautín estilo lapicito que va directo al 220v, se quemaban todas las puntas en 5 minutos, quedó inservible, saben de alguno que sea SERIO? con estación, confiable, de calidad, que no cueste un ojo de la cara, se agradecería mucho.

No soy técnico ni nada, es para hacer proyectos con electrónica, probablemente toque componentes SMD para arreglos, soldar/desoldar chips y cosas así, me conviene algo con pistola de calor?

My scroll wheel started failing on my Razer Cobra Wired, so I decided to learn soldering and fix it myself.

I spent weeks preparing, bought tools, practiced on old boards, and then ordered a replacement encoder (TTC Gold).

When it finally arrived, I went for it… but the new encoder didn’t work at all.

I struggled a lot with desoldering, accidentally touched other components with the iron, and probably overheated the board. While trying to fix the encoder again, I ended up melting the main optical switch and likely damaged something internally too. The soldering iron didn’t help either.

Honestly pretty discouraging. I really like electronics, and this was my first “real” project, just didn’t expect it to end like this. I ended up losing more money and time on the "soldering kit" and the replacement part than I would have just buying a new mouse.

What could I have done differently to avoid this?

I get that these models need some thinking time to stay SOTA, but this has happened like 3 sessions in a row now. I’ve basically spent the whole day trying to implement 2 single functions and lost most of the day just waiting, since it usually thinks for over 10 minutes.

The results do end up being basically perfect, but it just can’t take this long. With Gemini 3 Flash I can iterate 10x as fast and still reach a similar outcome, obviously less polished, but way more practical timewise.

I get that these models need some thinking time to stay SOTA, but this has happened like 3 sessions in a row now. I’ve basically spent the whole day trying to implement 2 single functions and lost most of the day just waiting, since it usually thinks for over 10 minutes.

The results do end up being basically perfect, but it just can’t take this long. With Gemini 3 Flash I can iterate 10x as fast and still reach a similar outcome, obviously less polished, but way more practical timewise.