r/BuyFromEU

If you are looking for a European alternative for Claude Code or Codex, you might have seen Mistral Vibe already. I found another promising option now, that I like a lot.

lyceum.technology offers serverless compute, which basically runs OpenAI compatible open LLMs incl. some very strong ones from China.

The experience together with Open Code, a coding agent which you can use from console as well from a web interface is super smooth.

What I like a lot about it is ...

• it is hosted in the EU
• there is no fixed monthly fee, instead you pay only as much as you need
• you can switch between different models to save money
• tokens are cheaper in general compared to the US providers
• LLMs en par with OpenAI/Anthropic models

If you want to try it:

• Register at lyceum.technology and add 10€ to your account
  • Generate an API key: https://dashboard.lyceum.technology/api-keys
  • Copy it or keep the page open, we will use it later
• Get Open Code here for free: opencode.ai
• Add lyceum to your configuration (feel free to copy the following text into ~/.config/opencode/opencode.jsonc to use GLM-5.2 -> imho comparable to GPT-5.5, see https://artificialanalysis.ai/leaderboards/models )

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{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "autoupdate": true,
  "permission": {
    "edit": "ask",
    "bash": "ask"
  },
  "model": "lyceum/GLM-5.2",
  "provider": {
    "lyceum": {
      "npm": "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
      "name": "Lyceum Technology",
      "options": {
        "baseURL": "https://api.lyceum.technology/api/v2/external/serverless",
        "timeout": 300000,
        "maxRetries": 3,
        "retryDelay": 1000,
        "setCacheKey": true
      },
      "models": {
        "z-ai/glm-5.2": {
          "name": "lyceum/GLM-5.2"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

• Start OPENCODE_ENABLE_EXA=1 opencode from a terminal
• In the Open Code interface enter /provider and search for "lyceum"
• Select lyceum/GLM-5.2 and if asked, enter the API key you received above.

Now, you can start using Open Code with an LLM hosted in Europe.

I am not affiliated or in any relation with Lyceum Technologies other than being a happy customer! 😄

A little hint: part of what makes Claude Code successful is, that they are adding some instructions to every prompt. Open Code does not do this. So my advice is, create a global AGENTS.md, which describes how to work properly. You can ask Open Code to create it for you. My advice would be to ask it to plan things together with you, parallelize where possible on execution, exchange how you will review the result later and always to verify its result. This will increase overall quality. I don't want to go to deep into this, but there are plenty of people here on Reddit who probably can share their experience.

Next week a third vote is planned on Chat Control 1.0 a proposal that would enable mass scanning of private messages while many MEPs are on vacation. Contact your MEPs now to oppose it and stop it from being pushed through. We need to oppose this NOW :

Fight Chat Control Website

This is gonna be a tricky one I guess.

I have a shoulder bag like this that lasted me for well over 17 years of everyday use and travel, and only recently did it start to fall apart, so i'm looking for a new one that could match it's level of practical use and sturdiness.

But quite frankly, I'm not sure where I could find something european that is as good as my old bag, so I tough you guys might know.

Thanks in advance.

Hey there, so it's time I update my wardrobe, muy bien. BUT....the only two EU shops that i've found worth anything are Wituka and https://pantuniestal.com/

The second is only in polish, totally fine. I did see daily paper and rapanui mentioned various times in old posts, buuuut their style isn't what i'm after.

Thank you!

most of the popular dictation apps (wispr flow, willow voice) are US companies that stream your voice to their servers and run it through an llm that rewrites what you said. i wanted one that just types what i actually say and never leaves my machine, so we built it.

SpeakUp: on-device dictation for mac, built in berlin. press a hotkey, talk, the words land at your cursor in any app. the speech model runs locally on apple silicon (neural engine plus metal gpu). no account, no cloud, no telemetry. it transcribes faithfully, it does not "improve" your words. paid once, €29, no subscription. eu company, eu payment processor, prices in euros.

mac is live today, windows is in pre-launch and the iphone app is in apple review. getspeakup.app

curious what everyone here is using for dictation right now, and whether the cloud part bothers you or you don't mind it.

For more information check this article from Politico:

https://www.politico.eu/article/president-vs-parliament-roberta-metsola-overrides-meps-bid-force-child-abuse-law/

Remember to contact your MEPs (again):

https://fightchatcontrol.eu/?foo=bar#contact-tool

You can also try to contact Roberta Metsola directly:

https://the-president.europarl.europa.eu/en

Of course be kind and respectful in your messages.

Mobile dev from Romania here. I started building this about 4 years ago just for myself, to keep track of my own workouts. I didn't want a monthly subscription forever, and I didn't want something "free" that's really just selling your data. At some point I gave it to a few friends, got a ton of feedback, and it slowly turned into a full-blown app. It's called VictusForm.

What it does:

- No account, no ads, no tracking. I don't collect any data from you, it's right there on the App Store privacy label ("developer does not collect any data"). Your training log stays on your device.

- Your data is actually yours. Export all of it whenever you want, and you can hand a whole workout program to a friend as a small .vform file (works between iPhone and Android).

- One-time purchase, no subscription. Buy it once and you're done.

- 1,200+ exercises with form videos, and the whole app is in English, German and French.

- Apple Watch: sync your program to the watch and leave the phone in the locker. You log every set, rest timer and all, from your wrist. That was the whole reason I built the watch app, I got sick of digging my phone out between sets.

One honest bit: my French is basic-conversation level and my German is "confidently order food at a restaurant then panic if the waiter asks a follow-up question" level. So the German and French in the app are AI-translated. Looks fine to me, but I'm objectively the last person who'd notice it sounding weird. If you're a native DE/FR speaker and something reads off (or accidentally hilarious), please tell me and I'll fix it.

It's on iOS and Android. I've made it free this weekend (normally a one-time purchase) so you can try it without paying:

- iOS: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6779959693

- Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sempercodex.victusform

Roast it, ask me anything, or tell me what's missing.

"Mobility and fitness combined. The TWIKE 5 takes this tradition to a whole new level: 0 to 100 in 4 seconds. The first high-performance sports car for two active people."

https://twike.com/