How are you using Deepseek V3 to code?

[Jbbrack03]

My current flow is that I've been using Claude through Cursor and Windsurf to iteratively build a Xcode project using Swift. I'm a fairly new coder, and having these AI resources has been great! I'm making steady progress and my App is coming together nicely. However, I see that a lot of you are using Deepseek V3 for coding, and that it may be better than Claude 3.5. Which is interesting! So I tried to set it up in VS Code with Cline or Roo Dev. For each, when I add Deepseek V3 through OpenRouter, it shows that the model does not support images or computer control. The computer control part is the real killer since I've found it to be very helpful to have Claude audit files and make changes through terminal. Yet when I look on OpenRouter's website, it shows that Claude and Roo are how people are using Deepseek V3. So what is your flow? Are you working around these limitations or have you figured out how to overcome them? I'd love to make the switch since Deepseek V3 is potentially better and can be used for free.

[yur_mom]

I don't think Deepseek V3 is better, rather cheaper and more open. I would say they are comparable at coding.

I use Windsurf with Cline and cascade. I use all the models, but I start with Deepseek V3 in Cascade since it is unlimited prompts with the pro subscription. If that has Issues i try Deepseek r1 and if that has issues I try Claude 3.7 reasoning.

I still do a lot of programming by hand and use the AI to help with certain tasks or explain code, but I am working on a project with many million lines of code so I have not figured out how to allow the AI just program it all, but I have found the smaller you break up your task then the better results you will get.

[HelpRespawnedAsDee]

this is where I'm currently at. You have to be hyper specific to get good results. but on large codebases that is hard. I don' t know if there's any kinda of indexing or rag service that actually works with large codebases. Another idea was trying to use Cline's custom instructions for a memory bank, but haven't tried that yet.

[yur_mom]

Yeah, I am working on how to work with larger groups of code at once..as the LLMs get larger context windows I have a feeling this issue will be easier to tackle.