| ▲ | alberth 7 days ago | |
OT: my 14-year old nephew would like to use Claude Code. How do they signup for an account given they don’t have a cellphone? (Sure, I could let them use my credentials but that isn’t really legit/fair use.) | ||
| ▲ | traceroute66 7 days ago | parent | next [-] | |
Surely your love for your nephew is priceless ? Do the right thing, sign up for an API account and put some credits on there... (and keep topping up those credits ;-) | ||
| ▲ | colechristensen 7 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
Have someone who isn't ever going to use claude code sign up for him and then give him the credentials. (do you have a partner or other relative not in tech?) | ||
| ▲ | codazoda 7 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
Like other posters said, maybe a local model is a good option. I've found the Qwen3:4B (reasoning) model works pretty well for many things. I'm planning to run a local model on a $149 mini-pc and host it for the world from my bedroom. You can read a bit more about my thinking below. https://joeldare.com/my_plan_to_build_an_ai_chat_bot_in_my_b... These hosted models are better but it feels like the gap is closing and I hope it continues to close. | ||
| ▲ | esafak 7 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
Use a local model like Qwen3-4B-Thinking-2507 or Gemini CLI, which has a generous free tier. | ||
| ▲ | indigodaddy 7 days ago | parent | prev [-] | |
Note that they should be able to get GitHub Copilot Pro for free via k-12 student 13yrs+ | ||