alt Hacker NewsFor most people, CC is cheaper tokens for a SOTA model.
What agentic platform would you recommend for those with API access (including other models)?
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Most people would do fine with DeepSeek (4, Pro) and OpenCode.
Much cheaper too.
The comment wasn't about CC specifically. If you rely (like, can't ship without it) on any model that you don't control, it's not really your product. If Dario decides to increase pricing 500% because it's Tuesday, and you can't work without CC, you really have no choice but to open your wallet.
codex is also good, has better usage limits compared to CC.
Issue is that CC forced corps over 150 people into a API pricing, which is, well, suboptimal compared what we get. I think it will push those towards hiring more juniors (finally).
If you need to use an "agentic platform" I'd recommend that you get accustomed to reading and writing without one.
If you can't one-shot your problem with the free LLM that Google gives you, you're jerking yourself off.
Just write it the old fashioned way.
Basically any other that is not stuck to being managed just by one company. Claude Code does things like using CLAUDE.md and other stuff specific to just their platform, so you are basically locking your project, and everyone else who works on it, to Claude Code only, if you don't also port everything you do to other harnesses. If Anthropic is giving cheaper tokens in exchange for locking you in into their ecosystem, then maybe it's time to test other models and not just use Claude for everything.