Yep. That's what I do. Just API keys and you can switch from Opus to GPT especially this week when Opus has been kind of wonky.

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stavros 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I pay $100/mo to Anthropic. Yesterday I coded one small feature via an API key by accident and it cost $6. At this rate, it will cost me $1000/mo to develop with Opus. I might as well code by hand, or switch to the $20 Codex plan, which will probably be more than enough.

I'd rather switch to OpenAI than give up my favorite harness.

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sailfast 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

This is the intention. They do not want folks that can’t pay to use their service.

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iAMkenough 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Out of curiosity, what's your next monthly subscription in terms of price?

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stavros 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Electricity, $95/mo.

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iAMkenough 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Now you got me thinking my electric company should start offering subscription tiers in these uncertain energy times...

	▲	stavros 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Ours never will, they're a cartel, sadly. If you mean fixed subscription, next one is Netflix, I think, or my server provider at $40 or so.

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xienze 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Yeah I had a similar experience one time. Which is why I laugh when people suggest Anthropic is profitable. Sure, maybe if everyone does API pricing. Which they won’t because it’s so damn expensive. Another way to think about it is API pricing is a glimpse into the future when everyone is dependent on these services and the subscription model price increases start.

	▲	mattmanser 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I don't get why people talk about ChatGPT as some great saviour though, they're in the same boat but just have more money to burn.

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gwd 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Or have Claude write the code and Gemini review it. (Was using GPT for review until the recent Pentagon thing.)

	▲	blks 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		You can also review the code you ship yourself.

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jatora 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

'just API key' lol. just hundreds of dollars at a minimum

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specproc 5 hours ago | parent [-]

This is the problem with this bollocks. Outsourcing our brains at a per token rate. It'd be exciting if I didn't hand to pay Americans for it.

	▲	fr33k3y 4 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I'm testing glm5 on Claude code and opencode just to stop consuming American... Soo good so far!
	▲	jen20 4 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Qwen works fine and requires paying no-one except a hardware vendor.