My opinions and experience concerning LLMs
The AI tools I use as a part of my routine and workflow.
Cheap, Claude-like model with a slow API
My favorite open source LLM for chatting
My favorite FOSS AI coding assistant
Amazing free tab completion and solid IDE
Free agent with decent output
Chatting, asking questions, and image generation
Reliable for more in-depth searching
Generating boilerplate UIs
Based on personal preference
by Anthropic
Better judgement with a different personality.
by Anthropic
The perfect balance of capability, speed, and price. Perfect for development with React.
by Anthropic
Amazing planner, useful for Plan Mode in Claude Code. Useful in code generation, albeit at a higher cost.
by OpenAI
Very good at instruction calling with better code quality.
by Z.AI
Cheap model which outputs good quality code
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Best overall for Claude lovers
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My favorite open source agent
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Exciting new player in the agent space
Retired or cancelled tools discontinued from my AI stack.
Random edits when I don't want to start a Claude session