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.
replyI 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.
replyI'd rather switch to OpenAI than give up my favorite harness.
This is the intention. They do not want folks that can’t pay to use their service.
replyOut of curiosity, what's your next monthly subscription in terms of price?
replyElectricity, $95/mo.
replyNow you got me thinking my electric company should start offering subscription tiers in these uncertain energy times...
replyOurs 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.
replyMy monthly "connection fee" is more than that (no solar, just EV). Your cartel needs to step it up!
replyFor me it's $0.8/kWh during peak, $0.47 off peak, and super off peak of $0.15. I accidentally left a little mini 500W heater on all day, while I was out, costing > 5% of your whole month!
Wow, what the hell.
replyYeah 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.
replyI 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.
replyThe trouble with openai is that by using them, you're supporting fascism.
replyYes, you are doing it too with antropic an xAI. I don't get your point. xAI and OpenAI are a little worst? Maybe, still very well fascism.
replyIMO, OpenAI have either implicitly committed to becoming the IT service for Trump's secret police, or they've willingly signed up for the harsh retaliation Anthropic's getting, knowing that the Trump administration will inevitably try to push OpenAI around in the same way, if they meaningfully refuse to assist in domestic mass surveillance efforts.
replyAnthropic was fine doing the same, they just didn't want it done to Americans.
replyOr have Claude write the code and Gemini review it. (Was using GPT for review until the recent Pentagon thing.)
replyYou can also review the code you ship yourself.
reply'just API key' lol. just hundreds of dollars at a minimum
replyYes. And many companies pay that.
replyThis 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.
replyI'm testing glm5 on Claude code and opencode just to stop consuming American... Soo good so far!
replyQwen works fine and requires paying no-one except a hardware vendor.
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