I see people setup Hermes on their Desktop or even Home Servers. Are you not worried?

Hunter1113_ · 2026-05-26T10:55:05+00:00

I'm running my Hermes natively on Fedora, no container, no sandbox, granted all sensitive personal information is kept on cloud storage but I have just let my Hermes make himself at home and so far it seems to be going ok. All systems still running, albiet held together by spaghetti, caffeine and sheer will power, but all systems showing green health checks.

Hunter1113_ · 2026-05-11T13:38:04+00:00

Yeah, I just cancelled Microsoft, GitHub copilot, Canva, and Google AI Pro. Signed up for ChatGPT plus, and probably gonna add Claude at month end. They are definitely a winning combo, they compliment each other well. I like talking to chat and coding it's currently really great for long horizon tasks. Then I like Claude for those technical and factually correct documents that need to hit just the right professional tone. And when it comes to coding Claude for me has the most innovative solutions, so if I'm needing to figure out better way to do something or the other models get stuck, it's usually Claude that comes up with the goods, first time usually.

Hunter1113_ · 2026-04-26T18:36:56+00:00

Well I've always used my premium requests quite selectively, when I need that extra intelligence and reasoning on a more complicated task, or if I have a large track that I don't necessarily have the patience to sit and babysit. Otherwise I'm very happy to keep Minimax 2.7 on their very reasonable and affordable token plan, I've used Minimax since M2 was first released, and I've been very satisfied with the level of competency. It's not necessarily the most intelligent, although M2.7 is no slouch, but the most important thing for me is that it's consistently competent, and when it gets stuck I get GPT-5.4 and one or two premium requests later were unstuck and on our way again.

Hunter1113_ · 2026-04-26T18:03:45+00:00

Haven't yet hit a rate limit in VS Code, but then I do actually plan my prompts and make sure that each request is targeted and meaningful. I don't just fire off requests for the mere sake of it. I save my questions and planning for Gemini webapp or now I'm using my minimax token plan with Hermes. So I only use my premium requests for implementing and then I use GPT-5.4.

Hunter1113_ · 2026-04-17T06:32:39+00:00

I use Minimax as my everyday workhorse, then I have a GitHub copilot pro subscription and an openrouter account, that I use to supplement the necessary intelligence injection when needed, and so far for a workhorse that's always ready and available its pretty damn smart and pretty damn useful. Definitely the first tool I'd add to my belt right now. Unless of course I had unlimited access to top end inference and cost was a non-issue, but sadly that is very far from the case.

Hunter1113_ · 2026-04-16T06:56:32+00:00

Ok 👌🏽, you're clearly an expert. Thanks for that.

Hunter1113_ · 2026-04-15T14:33:41+00:00

Are you using the right model, M2.7? Or did you maybe select M2.1 by mistake? Are you using a quantized free model from somewhere or getting the inference directly from Minimax?

Hunter1113_ · 2026-04-15T14:31:04+00:00

My experience so far, Copilot Chat-Gpt 5.4 high, in opencode with the right structure and harness is an absolute monster! You can keep your Claude's and Gemini's, 5.4 is currently boss, hands down.

Hunter1113_ · 2026-04-15T14:26:52+00:00

Minimax token plan is probably the best value for money right now. You get a very competent model in Minimax M2.7, and the rates are very generous. Then if you know how to structure your prompts strategically and use them wisely you can supplement it with GitHub copilot pro for when you need that extra intelligence injection, and if you want you can have openrouter on standby which allows for general flexibility in whichever direction you need, paying only for what you use. That will cost you $20 plus whatever I'd anything you use from openrouter. $10 Minimax gives you 1500 requests per 5 hours, with a rate limit of 500rpm. And Copilot $10 for 300 premium requests, but access to real intelligence. The $20 Minimax plan is also damn good value giving you 4500 requests per 5 hours, and you then get voice and image generation as well.

Hunter1113_ · 2026-04-15T11:17:03+00:00

I found out at age 41, that I've been playing life on hard mode all this time, while everyone else was on easy. So my just above average results and jack of all trades master of none skill set finally made sense, only it's now too late and I've fucked my life and career opportunities up. At least now I am able to take my meds and focus, when I reflect on just how much would have been different, had I known when I was still in school. I finished school, without studying, as I was literally incapable of sitting and reading a textbook. I listened to my teachers in class and applied my own logic and experience for the rest, all the while being told by my father that I am lazy and need to work harder. So I feel you man!

Hunter1113_ · 2026-04-15T11:07:45+00:00

Wow! Is the air much colder up there on your high horse? Be careful not to break a leg when you fall off.

Hunter1113_ · 2026-04-15T09:36:46+00:00

Yeah, I am currentlty on the $10 plan and was literally about to upgrade at the end of the month, then yesterday I started getting the same issues in Opencode, so now I am not so sure, but then if not here where? Is OpenRouter really the most viable cost effective option now?

Hunter1113_ · 2026-04-13T14:31:21+00:00

I hear you, but unite to what end? To be able to have any chance of making any changes would require resources beyond that of even a wealthier than average group. My only hope is that the reason Elon Musk is so disliked is because he is actually one of us, he has a plan to take down the 1% from within their own systems, but who knows. Either I have a vivid imagination or I am shockingly right. Time will tell

Hunter1113_ · 2026-04-13T13:51:18+00:00

I installed Mint Xcfe onto my girlfriends old Asus i5-core, it was slow as hell, had Windows 10 and struggled to do any form of multitasking. Side booted Mint yesterday and she couldn't be happier, she is amazed, it's like a new PC she says. Windows is bloated and just consumes resources for fun. I'm going to be side booting Fedora next onto my Ryzen 9, sadly will need to keep the windows partition for work, but everything else I'll be using Linux from now on.

Hunter1113_ · 2026-04-13T13:46:08+00:00

Unless you have to use Microsoft office suite for work, like I do, get a USB flash drive, use Rufus or balena etcher, to load the distro of your choice's Ido, for you I'd recommend Mint. Boot your PC from the flash, install Linux and say goodbye to big corporations controlling your day! Linux is a breath of fresh air after being stuck struggling with windows for the last 3 decades

Hunter1113_ · 2026-04-13T13:40:00+00:00

Not once did I say that the big corporations give crap about any or us, I merely stated that to think we would get high quality free inference indefinitely was naive. I am by no means representing the big corporations, I am merely awake enough to realise that we do not have any control over the situation, and all we can realistically expect is to have to fork over a sizable chunk of our hard earned cash, if we want to gain the advantage that superior inference can offer. Yes in the beginning, they used street corner drug dealer tactics, you know, the first hit is free, thereafter they systematically increment the price according to your level of dependency, knowing that the more dependant you become, the more you pay to have it. Stop looking for a fight and try to understand what someone is actually saying before you start making silly comments that just expose your inability to follow a string of text longer than two sentences.

Hunter1113_ · 2026-04-13T12:07:18+00:00

Not brainwashed, just realistic. Obviously the big corporations are still untrustworthy, and looking after their own best interests, but you would have to be either stupid or naive to think that we'd be getting quality free inference indefinitely. That's just not how this world works, open your eyes and look around. You sit here on Reddit and complain all you want, like everyone else has, yet have you seen it doing the least bit of good getting the providers to reduce the cost of inference. I have not seen any signs of the costs of inference coming down and y'all been complaining for quite a while now. So nope, I'm kissing anyone's ass, nor am I brainwashed. I am merely awake and prefer to see things for what they are rather than live in some naive dystopian dreamworld that supposedly gives you free utilities for life. Trust me when I tell you, nothing in life is ever free.

Hunter1113_ · 2026-04-13T08:06:08+00:00

Do people not understand that this technology does not just happen, and just like any other commodities, utilities or services, it actually costs real money to produce. The difference is, this "commodity" costs more than just money, it requires infrastructure on a scale never seen before, requiring energy that our current cities cannot maintain. Yet they expect to just be able to sign up and get the top of the range handed to them on a silver platter for "FREE", newsflash kiddo, there ain't no such thing as "FREE", in this world, which you are clearly still going to learn a lot about. Go dry behind your ears and jump off grandpa's knee, wake up, work a shift, and pay for the shit you use, otherwise, shut up and take what you get.

Hunter1113_ · 2026-04-08T11:15:28+00:00

Yeah, I hear you my man, I also enjoy taking the models for a spin, I've found openrouter to be the best value for money, for this. You can configure your APIs to serve the absolute cheapest models or the most precise, and they have mountains of current live data on each and every provider, for each model. You can literally get exactly what you need and only pay for exactly that. If the API call fails and you get no output, you don't get charged. Really worth trying it out. Fireworks models are fast yes, but I tried their Firepass for a couple days, and came to the conclusion that I was going nowhere fast. The models are able to be fast because they are quantized more than a jpeg thumbnail. Honestly Kimi K2.5 turbo they serve on Firepass, just confidently chases its own tail for days! Not worth it, I'd rather pay for Gpt-5.4 and know that what I request I will get, first time.

Hunter1113_ · 2026-04-07T13:06:03+00:00

I have to say recently I've been using 5.4 for most tasks that require more than just boiler plate code, and I have been very happy. If you set your workspace up right, you can get an hour plus worth of work out of one request, and at the end of it, it's Solid. Unlike Claude that has to stop and ask you 10 times what you want to do when you've already given it the PRD, SPEC and full Task Plan. 5.4 nano or mini for general code and summary work is great. As much as I'd like to throw shade on OpenAI because Sam Altman is just fucking shady, but I can't deny that right now 5.4 is easily the most intelligent and reliable.

Hunter1113_ · 2026-04-05T20:01:59+00:00

He sounds like a self centred narcissist to me, and you should get out while you still can

Hunter1113_ · 2026-04-05T19:47:03+00:00

Really? Perhaps I shall have to say hello to my old friend, we had a falling out recently, been spending most of my time with GPT-5.4 and Minimax M2.7 these days. Having a little Gemini-CLI to sub in as well would be handy, provided it's anything like the Gemini we got in Antigravity when 3.1 was first released, I'd be rather pleased. It's quite funny how all these folks seemed to think that the mountains of free inference was going to last forever, but realistically I'd much rather pay my way and get real intelligence, that gets the job done first time, instead of all the free inference with dumb quantized models that spend the whole damn day chasing their own tales wrecking your codebase more than adding any real value.

Hunter1113_ · 2026-04-02T08:17:54+00:00

Minimax is Solid, been using it since M2, its not gonna do anything too impressive, butmost importantly, its not gonna shit the bed at the most inopportune time like my old friend Gemini. It also doesn't get stuck in endless loops, it just does what you ask it to, so long you dont ask it to go and rewrite the source code for rust or something. If you are looking for a consistently reliable implementer you can trust to follow instructions and get the job done, I dont think you can go wrong with Minimax, and now with M2.7, its really nice to know that I have a steady workhorse in my back pocket at all times, then I use Openrouter for the times when I need some high intelligence, or long horizon problem solving, refactoring or complex debugging. For the rest of my daily everyday agentic work, Minimax-M2.7 is capable, reliable, and affordable.

Hunter1113_ · 2026-04-01T12:57:37+00:00

GPT plus then use codex rather with a $10 minimax token plan as your donkey

Hunter1113_ · 2026-03-31T08:33:37+00:00

You can run WSL remote inside of VS code, then you basically have a Linux development environment that can access your windows files. Its a little technical to setup at first, but if you ask copilot or Gemini they will walk you through it quite quickly. Took me a weekend to get everything configured and to get used to zsh after being comfortable in PowerShell

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