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Which model do you use for work?

Which model do you use for work?

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  • My preferred model at the moment is GLM 5.3 Coding. I think it's as good as the latest closed-weight models at a fraction of the cost, and we are being capped now at my place of employment so if I use it I don't run out of quota by the end of the first week of each month.
    by meredithbloom
  • Free models on OpenCode, or just locally running models (at most 27B or 35B A3B or similar) on LM Studio... :')
    by dorianniemiec
  • I usually use Opus 5.5 for coding stuff and for the rest of the stuff I use sonnet 5 / gpt luna doesn't really matter
    by nikhilkxmar
  • Qwen 3.8 27b-mlx running locally on Apple M4 48 GB. I only use local LLMs, mostly for getting technical suggestions and code snippet samples. Qwen 3.8 has been the first local model I've tried that has consistently given usable and impressive results.
    by praash
  • GLM 5 is the main model I'm currently using. My usage with it is around 90,000 requests per month. Although its capability isn't the strongest, I think that because the quota is so large, it feels really great to use. For certain cases, I'll use the DeepSeek V4 model.

    Actually, my latest open-source project, vocnly, was developed on GLM 5. It's a local voice-input tool, and it can be seen as an open-source alternative to Typeless. I think it works without any issues.

    For certain cases, I'll use the DeepSeek V4 flash model.

    by laoxingAI
  • I mostly use Claude - model depends and goes from Sonnet up to Fable (mostly Opus right now, Sonnet for easier task and Fable only seldom for very specific). Workplace-related we use ChatGPT 5.4/5 with LibreChat as Chatlayer. Would love to use Mistral more (as EU alternative), but my last test (though quite a while ago) I was a bit disappointed. May look into it again soon.
    by KlyX
  • mostly GLM-5-turbo for coding,

    and gemini-3.6-flash for brainstorming problems

    ( why ? token cost and availability at work )

    by slipwalker
  • https://github.com/STRAW-HAT-DEV/monkeyDcode.git

    I use this coding agent with qwen 2.5b and sometimes other models from open router.. as a one piece fan lol this looks nice with all the anime stuff .. but the work it does is also promising .. I don't know if it has any issues or something .. but I feel great using it .. it almost does all the tasks I ask it to do ..

    by babamogambo88

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