Posted by eggbrain 2 days ago
Ask HN: What's your current AI agentic setup?
1) What AI subscriptions are you personally paying for? (Claude, ChatGPT/Codex, Cursor, etc)
- Which tiers?
- Have you purchased multiple subscriptions from the same provider (eg two Claude accounts)?
2) Are you using models outside (or instead) of those subscriptions? For example, pay-as-you-go APIs, OpenRouter, or locally hosted models.
- Which models and providers?
3) What coding harnesses and interfaces are you using? Are you sticking with the default CLIs or IDE integrations, or using alternatives like OpenCode, Pi, Aider, Muse Code, or custom-built harnesses?
- What made you switch harnesses (if you switched)?
4) Are you using any agent orchestration or swarm tools?
- For example, Munder Difflin, Gas Town, Ruflo, or something custom.
5) Are you using broader agent platforms like OpenClaw / Hermes Agent / Grok bot / Dots / Muse?
- If you are using them, what are your main use cases?
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I know my workflow has differed significantly from a year ago, and so it would be interesting to capture a snapshot today of what people are using and why.
We have an OpenSWE agent on Slack at work but it seems horribly expensive and slow for anything I want to do.
I feel I get a wild amount of value out of £90/mo (paid for via my apps revenue)
Currently on a GLM sub and will need to decide whether to renew in 3 months.
People are complaining about the new plans usage limits but I do have a -50% discount so idk
I often brainstorm some ideas for apps for personal use on ChatGPT with a few prompts, and when happy with the rough shape of the concept, asking it to spit out a prompt to execute it on OpenCode with Spark. Usualy this gets done in a one shot or a little refinement and costs only a few cents. I hope the contributor version is here to stay.
I had the free Claude Max for Open Source plan, but haven't paid for it again now that it lapsed. I haven't used Claude for ages anyway, the way it talks really annoys the hell out of me, Codex App & models are far nicer IME.
2) No
3) I'm happy with the Codex/ChatGPT desktop app, works super well. Also use the Codex VSCode plugin a bit, and started recently experimenting with herdr. Used to use Cursor but I switched when Musk bought it. Very very occasionally I use some other thing like opencode or pi for targeted situations, or Codex in the CLI
4) No
5) No
I don't have the bizarre need to have dozens of agents going at once in my work or personal time, already feel flat out at work just using Codex w/ worktrees for a few concurrent projects at a time. I feel more productive than ever, I don't see how I could add more without being overwhelmed
And I liked it but I had the feeling it’s starting to be a be bloated and they started pushing features with their account I don’t need.
So far Rex has been a great alternative.
Local Qwen and custom harness to experiment.