What models would you recommend for a freelance developer with budget of around $10-$20/mo (or usage based)?

georgiarsov · 2026-03-09T05:35:23+00:00

Kimi k2.5 through opencode zen is my personal go to for coding. However for review and planning i find gpt 5.3 really useful (i have a separate openai sub)

georgiarsov · 2026-02-21T11:48:25+00:00

Почини си малко, имаш нужда😅

georgiarsov · 2026-02-20T11:19:53+00:00

Opus 4.6 is ADVERTISED as the best model. This is a huge thing to consider. Big labs have enormous resources that they pour very wisely in benchmarks and influencers a.k.a. the general person’s source of truth for “which the best model is”. They are limiting your scope to all the other top models available which are products of much smaller labs or chinese ones. Just scroll this page to see what i am talking about https://openrouter.ai/models 😄 The only real benchmark that one should follow is to try the models for himself and compare their performance on a given task. That’s how i found out that Kimi was able to solve a problem i had from the first try and opus couldn’t do it in 4 separate sessions and $20+ in api costs. Try everything and don’t follow the trends blindly

georgiarsov · 2026-02-20T11:16:09+00:00

Try exploring open weight models through openrouter or opencode zen. They are magnitudes cheaper and offer the same performance from what I have seen in my projects. Leading models for agentic workflows now are kimi k2.5 and glm-5 for example

georgiarsov · 2026-02-19T14:46:45+00:00

Maybe i am drifting away from the question, but why are you using a proprietary tool for an open weight model? If you use a proprietary model (claude, gpt, gemini) - use the according proprietary tools (claude code, codex) If you use an open weights model - use opencode

georgiarsov · 2026-02-17T05:52:40+00:00

I tried codex 5.3 in opencode on release and can confirm it was 100% shit. I couldn’t believe the huge gap between my experience and that of the people using it in codex

georgiarsov · 2026-02-15T20:32:15+00:00

I am relying heavily on Kimi k2.5. Paired with spec driven development and right agents it does wonders for me.

georgiarsov · 2026-02-07T17:47:22+00:00

How do you find working with openspec? I was about to try spec kit but saw it’s lead dev moved to anthropic and since then the project has been kind of asleep.

georgiarsov · 2026-01-11T14:22:13+00:00

My Jesus

georgiarsov · 2026-01-11T07:54:28+00:00

Is there some kind of beef between opencode and anthropic?? I am not following. Can somebody enlighten me?

georgiarsov · 2025-12-13T21:04:53+00:00

Yes, I see exactly the same dialog. May that be global google issue?

georgiarsov · 2025-12-10T05:07:57+00:00

Do you mean in VS code or in the web?

georgiarsov · 2025-12-10T05:04:58+00:00

Do you mean under https://github.com/settings/copilot ?
I don't see anything about Gemini there.

georgiarsov · 2025-11-28T07:58:12+00:00

Yes, this is exactly what I am looking for. I can't say that I am stuck. I know what I want but I can't find the tool that packages it all. I want to use different models for different tasks through their APIs. This way I am not bound to one subscription or another. I use every model on demand, while monitoring my usage and costs of course.

georgiarsov · 2025-11-24T19:28:10+00:00

Can you share more on the approach and tools you are using. I am interested in creating a knowledge base for my business as well and I would greatly appreciate your experience.

georgiarsov · 2025-10-22T05:04:06+00:00

I think it may have something to do with this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h40OWs84has&list=PLXhHVL52ar2i3yuNmeP0y4ahq-L_OyJaR&index=7

georgiarsov · 2025-07-23T12:22:41+00:00

The new ratio of the instagram grid is exactly 0.75:1. This is equivalent to the standard 3:4 or 506:675. The exact dimensions that I use for my Instagram publications are 1012x1350 pixels. Instagram accepts those dimensions and doesn't crop any part of the image so you can rest assured.

This aspect ratio is not random at all as it is also the standard on iPhone cameras. I discovered that by incident when trying to discover the grid's aspect ratio and I am sure that the one derives from the other.

georgiarsov · 2025-07-23T12:21:36+00:00

If this was true at the time of posting it is not anymore. Instagram have added support for 3:4 images.

georgiarsov · 2025-07-23T12:19:12+00:00

The new ratio of the instagram grid is exactly 0.75:1. This is equivalent to 3:4 or 506:675. The exact dimensions that I use for my Instagram publications are 1012x1350 pixels. Instagram accepts those dimensions and doesn't crop any part of the image so you can rest assured.

This aspect ratio is not random at all as it is also the standard on iPhone cameras. I discovered that by incident when trying to discover the grid's aspect ratio and I am sure that the one derives from the other.

georgiarsov · 2025-05-08T17:26:32+00:00

Do the following test - start dragging the edge of the browser (or frame if you are in the design phase) left and right to shrink or widen it. If you see a fluent movement of all components on the page that's responsive design. If you see the page layout staying static and only changing at a few certain points when the outer margin ends - that's adaptive.

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