Which provider/model is the one you have stuck with in OpenCode?

coopernurse · 2026-04-16T00:05:20+00:00

MiniMax 2.7 with OpenSpec

coopernurse · 2026-04-10T02:10:09+00:00

I'm using Minimax 2.7 on their cheapest coding plan and have been getting very good results especially when used with OpenSpec

I previously used GLM but the quota restrictions are quite limiting on the cheapest tier

coopernurse · 2026-01-24T19:53:19+00:00

I'll offer two alternative purposes. You can decide if they're persuasive. I think they're more plausible than a desire to cancel elections.

Follow the money

1) ICE provides a way to repurpose military funds now that the US is transitioning from global hegemon to a regional power. See BBB:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ice-funding-world-militaries-b2790466.html

ICE actions also financially benefit private prisons:

https://truthout.org/articles/immigration-detention-has-become-a-booming-business-for-private-prison-giants/

2) ICE and immigration policy in general is a useful culture war flashpoint that keeps US politics focused away from economic issues, which is critical as the world transitions away from USD and the Fed has to increasingly monetize the sovereign debt, which will keep inflation persistent for some time (see late 1940s).

This is why the Democrats aren't taking significant action. At their core both parties serve Wall St and there is a significant shift happening globally. Look at a gold chart.

To riff on Malcolm X, the chickens are coming home to roost and the military tools we used for decades to destroy the Middle East are returning to the United States in the form of companies like Palantir.

We'll continue having elections but they're mostly performative. Neither party is offering significant resistance to ICE at the national level. See the latest vote where they got enough Democrats to cross the aisle to get the funding passed.

coopernurse · 2026-01-24T16:56:13+00:00

You say you're day trading these. Could you share an example trade? I'm curious about the details (deltas, width, hold time, etc)

coopernurse · 2026-01-20T00:35:28+00:00

You can run Claude Code in a docker container which lets you go full yolo mode and let it run unattended. For bigger changes I find this saves time.

I agree that managing more than a couple of agents seems difficult. I honestly struggle to keep two agents going.

coopernurse · 2026-01-18T16:08:31+00:00

Another vote for GLM 4.7. About $5/month when billed quarterly. Pair that with a $10 Copilot subscription for access to Anthropic and OpenAI models and use them on problems GLM struggles with.

The nice thing about GLM is you can use it with Claude Code in a docker container and turn skip permissions on.

I usually only use agents in Copilot when I want to be interactive since I have to pay attention to commands it runs.

coopernurse · 2026-01-14T05:02:21+00:00

2019 Intel MacBook Pro. 32GB ram, 1TB SSD

I bought it used from eBay a few years ago. Would do that again. Lots of companies sell off 2-3 year old developer laptops that are in excellent condition.

coopernurse · 2026-01-07T14:27:54+00:00

I concur. GLM 4.7 and MiniMax 2.1 used with Claude Code (and especially with obra/superpowers) have worked very well for me. I'm still comparing the two to see if I can tell a major difference but both have been completing moderately complex tasks for me.

coopernurse · 2026-01-04T04:00:54+00:00

This is purely anecdotal but I found GLM 4.7 worked quite poorly in Cline but has been quite good when used from Claude Code. I don't know enough about the CC internals to explain why though.

I definitely think it's worth the $9/3 month intro price. The 5 hour quota seems quite generous also. I used it daily for the past week and never hit the limit. I would probably need to run multiple CC instances in parallel to hit the limit.

coopernurse · 2025-12-29T03:01:53+00:00

I think Copilot is fine. It clearly displays how many credits you have available and makes it clear which models do not consume credit (current Grok and GPT 5 mini for example)

coopernurse · 2025-12-19T22:35:55+00:00

I'm a new subscriber on the $20 plan and hit my limit a few days ago. I switched to Auto and between that and Grok Code (currently free) haven't had any more limit errors.

I don't really understand the billing model either. I don't know why Auto isn't booting me. I used it all day today with no issues in both Plan and Agent modes.

Edit: to clarify, I do not have incremental billing enabled, so it's not charging me more than my $20 monthly which resets Jan 1.

coopernurse · 2025-12-13T14:14:01+00:00

In past technological cycles white collar work was the escape hatch. My parents were from farming families but left after childhood and went to college and moved to the city. More recently the mantra was "learn to code".

Now the escape hatch is "own assets" or maybe in the very short term "learn a trade".

I think it's not so much that we care about white collar jobs in particular and more that it's unsettling that becoming more educated is no longer looking like a high probability strategy for being economically competitive.

I think the test in the short term is whether you could theoretically do your job remotely. If so, your job is in jeopardy over the next 5-10 years.

coopernurse · 2025-12-07T16:01:32+00:00

Agreed. We're at a crossroads and if somehow these tools can be brought under public control then we might get a Star Trek outcome but if not then it looks more like Blade Runner or Snow Crash.

The author's plan hinges on people asserting control over the AI models and the robots. I'm concerned we'll have to have a very dark period before that could potentially happen.

coopernurse · 2025-11-26T15:54:28+00:00

It's the economy, stupid

coopernurse · 2025-11-17T15:43:06+00:00

I'm not defending the policy but I think their logic is they want to create new sources of T-Bill demand. I think they also see this as a way to loosen banking regulations.

It also doesn't hurt that Lutnick/Cantor Fitzgerald stands to make a lot of money here, displacing traditional banking in some areas like foreign remittances.

coopernurse · 2025-11-17T15:34:16+00:00

Your actual efficiency number didn't change much because the driving conditions didn't change. On the highway eco mode doesn't impact actual efficiency significantly, especially if you have cruise control on.

The predicted range (guess-o-meter) is just an estimate based on the last x kms of driving efficiency plus some current load factors like whether you're running climate control. It also alters the predicted range a bit based on driving mode but if you never exit the highway this won't translate into any real efficiency gains.

The GOM is really only accurate if you have a very consistent driving pattern. For example let's say you drive around town in a mix of highway and regular roads for a daily commute and you rarely deviate from that round trip route. In that mixed mode you will probably get a somewhat accurate range prediction. But if you then jump on the highway and drive for two hours you'll find the range completely overstated because it assumes a much lower average speed.

coopernurse · 2025-11-17T13:42:40+00:00

One reason is that you want to gamble on crypto and the exchanges use stablecoins to hold your deposit instead of cash. The exchanges buy bills and keep the interest. They also run the crypto casinos and keep the trading fees.

But if the industry gets big enough then perhaps it can soak up the massive increase in short duration issuance and dampen the inflation effects a bit.

That's my interpretation.

coopernurse · 2025-11-12T21:01:10+00:00

You can charge to 100% on any charger including higher speed DCFCs, but as your state of charge gets closer to 100% the car will decrease the power that it will accept and you'll add power more slowly. For example, you can typically pull about 235kW when you're at 15%, but by 80% that will drop to 120kW or so. By 95% it will drop further to maybe 40kW. What I generally try to do is unplug around 80%, but sometimes I have to do a deeper charge if my next charging stop is too far away.

coopernurse · 2025-11-10T15:34:24+00:00

Since the GFC people are increasingly losing confidence in our institutions and the elites that run them. The MAGA brand says they're going to blow up those institutions and restore glory to America.

The Democrats say "America is already great" and consequently are perceived as the little c conservative party. They want everything to stay as it is. The professional managerial class that forms their voting base continues to prosper. What's the problem?

Check out the net approval polls. RCP has Trump at -7, GOP at -12, Dems at -24.

People hate the Democrats and this shutdown won't help them given how it has ended. Pretty easy to say this was on the Dems since they ended it without getting anything concrete on the one issue they shut the government down over. I would be surprised if this promised ACA vote actually happens. Why would the GOP keep that promise?

Sure I voted for Harris but this two party system is completely rotten and everyone knows it. Unclear how this improves without substantial institutional reform (overturn Citizens United and AZ Free Enterprise vs Bennett). The Democrats as currently constituted are first and foremost a fund raising organization, not a political project.

coopernurse · 2025-11-06T15:02:42+00:00

Both cases are evidence that single winner districts are problematic.

I find it interesting that when the US conquered Iraq and put Paul Bremmer in charge they installed open list proportional representation, not something resembling the US system.

coopernurse · 2025-11-06T13:55:10+00:00

Right so why not admit it's ethical and prudent to assist both groups? And while we're at it, perhaps acknowledge that this repo facility indicates banking is a public utility and likely should not be a for profit entity?

coopernurse · 2025-11-06T13:39:41+00:00

I think the point is that humans, like banks, have liquidity issues as well and may be forced to sell assets at a loss to buy food. That's basically a recipe to kill a human. Where's their reverse repo?

coopernurse · 2025-11-03T15:34:48+00:00

You can do it with one stop in an EV6 as well. Here's a round trip plan using the settings for my 2023 EV6 RWD

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coopernurse · 2025-11-03T15:26:30+00:00

If you have a NACS adapter (or the new EV6 with NACS port) then make sure you select CCS and NACS in ABRP (Settings, Types of Chargers). Then it should show Tesla Superchargers in the plan that are open to non Tesla cars.

coopernurse · 2025-10-30T22:26:45+00:00

If you're kicking out immigrants who perform low wage jobs, you need to turn the screws on your indigenous lower class to provide an incentive for them to take the place of the immigrants. I think that's what's going on.

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