alt Hacker News> promote the free-for-a-limited-time use of their new coding AI service
Not sure which "free" service you're referring to, but MiMo v2.5 Pro is plenty capable & (after its recent 70%+ price drop) one of the most affordable options in its class (DeepSeek v4 Pro, MiniMax M3, & Qwen 3.7 Plus). I read somewhere that Labs are incentivized to implement custom harnesses because each model has its strengths, quirks, & blindspots (like Qwen forking Gemini CLI)?
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re-thc • today at 4:19 PM
> like Qwen forking Gemini CLI
That was a good call. Gemini CLI is dead.
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bel8 • today at 4:45 PM
What I like about MiMo too is that it is multimodal.
For example, I can send screenshots of what I'm developing and it understands.
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I'm guessing the greatest reason behind each provider creating and agent harness is that (a) there is not a clear winner still and (b) it is harder to switch models with a competitor, as you also have to switch harness