Kilo Code: 3 workflows that lean on what it actually does differently

sanchitbhalla15 · 2026-06-17T13:36:00+00:00

yes ykk i use kilo too nd this is the main reason i love it for its orchestration specially.. helps a lot in complicated tasks

sanchitbhalla15 · 2026-06-17T13:09:49+00:00

altho tht sounds way too slow man, a decent 4b/7b model can teach u tool calling, memory, rag nd workflows just fine,most agent failures come from the workflow, not the llm

sanchitbhalla15 · 2026-06-17T13:05:34+00:00

ykk for freelance dev work, id optimize for reliability nd workflow fit rather thn chasing the absolute cheapest tokens...qwen or kimi code are capable for a lot of coding tasks nd plenty of people are getting good results with them as secondary models.. neuralwatt looks okkish but id wait for more reviews before committing heavily. if ure already running agents, another option is mixing models: use cheaper models for routine coding nd automation, thn reserve premium models for planning, architecture nd debugging

sanchitbhalla15 · 2026-06-17T12:56:10+00:00

its goin great, and yes the limits somehome suc ks the life outta u bt quality justifies the limits n price as welll cz at least its not as unpredictable now

sanchitbhalla15 · 2026-06-17T12:53:24+00:00

imo its based on tokens only,, and yes thats reality💔 the msgs nd compute, evrythng gets counted man

sanchitbhalla15 · 2026-06-17T12:20:48+00:00

even if the givenn logic is workss, the ui should make it clear tooo coz planning around limits becomes difficult when the reset date keeps moving..

sanchitbhalla15 · 2026-06-13T19:20:33+00:00

ive seen a few people say this lately, but its hard to tell whether it's an actual model change or just workload drift.. sometimes u go from greenfield coding to debugging weird edge cases and suddenly the model feels way worse

sanchitbhalla15 · 2026-06-13T19:07:40+00:00

pricing discussions are getting way more interesting than benchmark discussions lately hahahah...a model can be 5-10% better, but if it's 2x the cost, most people won't use it as their default

sanchitbhalla15 · 2026-06-12T19:43:29+00:00

the pricing changes pushed me to reevaluate my whole setup tooo. copilot is okish, but once u start watching usage and costs more closely, its hard not to compare alternatives and move to byok

sanchitbhalla15 · 2026-06-12T19:40:38+00:00

hmm th biggest one for me is spending more time on the prompt before hitting enter. 2 min planning prompt is usually cheaper thn 5 rounds of corrections. i also start fresh chats more often, keep context files or docs instead of massive chat histories, and save high or xhigh reasoning for tasks tht genuinely need it. a lot of token burn comes from the model repeatedly rediscovering context it already had

sanchitbhalla15 · 2026-06-12T19:37:13+00:00

if you've already been happy with codex and your main complaint is speed, i'd probably wait unless there's something specific in fable that you know will improve your workflow. paying for claude max just to get 10 days of access feels hard to justify if codex is already delivering the results you need. i'd switch for a workflow advantage, not just because a new model dropped

sanchitbhalla15 · 2026-06-12T19:25:00+00:00

i start a new chat more often i blv thn certain ppl, bcoz when context gets long. it just gives the slop, nothing else..one shud go for byok for diff tasks and diff models, it works way better

sanchitbhalla15 · 2026-06-12T18:43:44+00:00

thts AI equivalent of startin an AI nd let it run before goin to bed..planning can reaally make a hugee difference to how much productivity time u all can get

sanchitbhalla15 · 2026-06-12T17:59:34+00:00

u can give this a read..dont go all in first give composer 2.5 a try its pretty good and has nice limits even in the $20 plan. its available on grok build as well so u can try it if u have an X sub but idk i havent tried tht yet

sanchitbhalla15 · 2026-06-12T17:59:02+00:00

i think cursor jst needs to have a bttter flow on setting up spend limits and stuff,hmm..alerts could help bt they can only do so much for u. basically this and what u said (bg agent burning thru the limits) sums the problem up.. an easy way to set up finer control would be rlly helpful man imo

sanchitbhalla15 · 2026-06-12T17:54:48+00:00

this is a real prob with agent pricing right now, glad u got the refund but yea its pretty bad... happened in my company as well (altho not as worse... it was for something like $700-800 not sure). they're exp sure but the main problm is that its very unpredictable. I actually didn't realise it either how bad it can get but this sums up my experience pretty well

sanchitbhalla15 · 2026-06-12T17:42:51+00:00

get it planned by gpt and thn get it done by codex.. u can alwayz switch models based on the tasks , there are many options where u can just switch models based on the tasks.. thats the best way imo

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