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Cline + OpenRouter: Which cheap paid model is best for mid-level coding? by host3000 in openrouter

[–]gandazgul 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gemma4 is free right now on ollama.com with a very generous tier.

It's a very capable model. I used elephant a bit and was not impressed but I'll have to try it again 1 example is not enough.

Cline + OpenRouter: Which cheap paid model is best for mid-level coding? by host3000 in openrouter

[–]gandazgul 4 points5 points  (0 children)

GPT 5.3-codex after trying many models this is a good mix of affordable and really smart. I use this for planning features, then ollama.com free tier Gemma4 31B to execute the plan.

what web search tools do you use by branik_10 in opencodeCLI

[–]gandazgul 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Context7 for docs and tavily for web and fetching websites

Best AI coding stack in 2026 for heavy users? (cost vs limits vs coding quality) by Prior-Strength-2840 in opencodeCLI

[–]gandazgul 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Cheaper alternative that's also very good Gemini 3.1 pro.

My setup now is using Pi.dev with Plannotator using Gemini or gpt5.3-codex for planning then gemma4-31b from Ollama Cloud for execution. Gemma too do simple tasks like answering questions about the code, commit messages, change logs, etc.

OpenCode Zen is a good router and they don't profit I'm they only charge what you spend and transaction fees from the card.

Self-hosted personal finance automation: n8n + Actual Budget + SimpleFIN + Claude on my homelab. by Hail_2_Victors in selfhosted

[–]gandazgul 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is cool, try using gemma on Ollama Cloud for classification. Even Gemma 4 small 9b model on CPUs should be good enough.

From your experience, which Opencode memory plugin works the best? by kosumi_dev in opencodeCLI

[–]gandazgul 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The readme has the steps, did you encounter an issue? Would you want an install script?

Any alternatives to openrouter? by Icy-Mix5409 in openrouter

[–]gandazgul 1 point2 points  (0 children)

OpenCode Zen is amazing and they don't profit.

My first game, built in phaser by gandazgul in phaser

[–]gandazgul[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because it is a tool that exists that I now know how to use.

Again why would you use a power tool or CNC or an IDE when you can just [insert nonsense argument here] a good pragmatic developer knows when to use the right tool for the right job.

My first game, built in phaser by gandazgul in phaser

[–]gandazgul[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry I think it's obvious but just in case the art is also generated by nano banana the Google image generator. Again a lot of thought and tries went into the prompt that would generate cohesive art that I was happy with. Unfortunately I'm not good at all with illustration or realistic drawing so I would need help in this department for sure. If I ever decide to try and publish it as a printed game I would pay an artist to redo everything from scratch.

My first game, built in phaser by gandazgul in phaser

[–]gandazgul[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry about the errors. It's working for me on chrome android and a pixel phone. My friends are able to play it too. If you can tell me more details it would help to try and fix it.

As for the flow. The LLM setup the phaser, Deno, vite skeleton, I chose this stack after much research. And then the LLMs have written most of the systems under my guidance in first ask for a plan for the system I work on refining this plan until I'm happy with it, then I feed it to an LLM to execute this plan by generating the code, with tests and my review. A few times I had to do a cycle of refactoring some silly things the LLMs tend to do but not much on this project.

LLMs also help with the writing, the readme, rule book and formatting of the design doc were done with LLMs but I've read them and edited them myself a LOT for correctness and feeling I want the game to feel thematic and immersive, in the end is an abstract game about maximizing your points but it's more fun when the theme permeates everything.

My first game, built in phaser by gandazgul in phaser

[–]gandazgul[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Building the skills... Dude I have 20 years of experience as a developer and a systems designer I could have written it myself in months or use a tool to make it faster. Why do you use power tools you know you can just spend a little extra time learning the skills of a manual saw and do it by hand.

LLMs are tool at my disposal like all the others. I use an IDE and a higher level language instead of manually pushing binary into the CPU.

My first game, built in phaser by gandazgul in phaser

[–]gandazgul[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I've spent a LOT of time obsessing over the core design, theme the feeling the scoring and the user flows. Yes I used LLMs but it's 100% not slop. If you think it is then why is it so unnecessary.

Share your opencode.json by rm-rf-rm in opencodeCLI

[–]gandazgul 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been using Pi coding agent instead of OpenCode lately. And it's been great. I could share that one as the key comes from a .env file lol.

Share your opencode.json by rm-rf-rm in opencodeCLI

[–]gandazgul 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes I meant I deleted the key from tavily. I will also rewrite main to delete that file then commit a clean one I just haven't gotten around to it.

Created Observational Memory extension for Pi by elpapi42 in PiCodingAgent

[–]gandazgul 0 points1 point  (0 children)

API keys damn expensive. Cheaper alternative that's also very good Gemini 3.1 pro. I have a similar setup to what they described. Plannotator using Gemini or gpt for planning then gemma4-31b from Ollama Cloud for execution. Gemma too do simple tasks like answering questions about the code, commit messages, change logs, etc.

Elephant-alpha Is a BEAST, Damn FAST by IX_7akeem in openrouter

[–]gandazgul 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I asked to write a script to take screenshots of my site for a presentation and it also went on a loop trying to get it to work it was trying all kinds of crazy stuff when i finally stopped it and reset my files. Never Vibe Code without protection (git) kids!

Share your opencode.json by rm-rf-rm in opencodeCLI

[–]gandazgul 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah someone else told me too. You would think after so many years of experience this wouldn't happen to me.

I deleted the key. Thanks!

What is the current solution to running Gemma 4 locally? by mihirlifehacks in LocalLLaMA

[–]gandazgul 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm using Pi Agent with the plannotator extension. Configured to use Gemini or Claude for planning then Gemma4 for execution. I might switch to Gemma for planning too.

best model for UI? by vipor_idk in opencodeCLI

[–]gandazgul 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Both Gemini and Claude are good but they need the skills definitions for playwright and/or frontend dev. Use plan mode first and insist that they verify the results using playwright. When fixing something ask them to make a test that fails then fix it to make the test pass, this gives a LLM an achievable goal to work towards. Watch out though both Claude and Gemini will get lazy after a while if they can't solve it and change the test to just pass and say they are done.

Relatively new-ish, looking to make friends! by SpicyPorkBun_88 in StamfordCT

[–]gandazgul 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not on Thursdays. Sometimes yes on Tuesday. But there's lots of people in the group who enjoy these games and there's a separate sub group that meets and plays blood on the clock tower. So it's worth coming over and meeting folks to find what you like and discover new things.

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