$420 a month on AI. Then $20.
Same models Same quality Different path Claude Max, ChatGPT Pro, Cursor, Perplexity Most of that bill was convenience, not capability Free forever (no card): Google AI Studio · Gemini 2.5 Flash · ~1,500 req/day · 1M context Groq · Llama 3.3
I signed GPT, Claude launched a new model.
I signed Claude, Gemini and DeepSeek launched. That's it every week.
Just tested DeepSeek V4 Flash in the new DeepSeek Harness
I also discovered archify, a skill that turns a codebase into a visual architecture map. Gave it a try and asked it to explain the Harness itself. Pretty satisfied with the result for a first pass:
I just found a workflow that makes AI subscription expensive so it doesn't make sense 😭
This guy stopped paying Claude $200/month and switched from Opus 5 to DeepSeek V4 Flash which he said was only about 1/20 the cost. There's only one problem: the model is blind. 👀❌ Can't see
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