> The thing we are all finding now (software devs) is that AI is great but boy is it pricey if we want anything useful …

What?

A $200/month subscription to Claude, $100/month at OpenAI, and $25/month with Gemini should get you more than you could possibly use? Unless you really want to take a hands-off approach, in which case DeepSeek is pennies on the dollar...

It's still very cheap, is what I'm saying. Am I missing something?

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lifeisstillgood 13 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I think the recent study was that 200 Claude subscription burnt through on average 8000 worth of datacenter and GPU. There is a reason OpenAPI and all are losing a fortune - they are chucking H100s at anyone who types in a query or subscribed to GitHub. It’s a totally unsustainable business model - price things at cost and we will find value in these services - but I won’t pay a fortune for a search result. Even a better search result.

In this case - let the market decide

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lionkor 13 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Your opinion on code quality doesn't match ours (people who agree)

	▲	A_D_E_P_T 13 hours ago \| parent [-]
		But how does spending more get you better code? Whether you pay API prices or $100-200/month prices, the output seems comparable? Besides, quality has a lot to do with the person using it & reviewing/editing the code.

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dgellow 13 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Corporation are supposed to pay API prices