I’m still using pretty much everything you mentioned, including Anthropic until the end of this month. The main reason is simple: until recently, most Chinese open-source models just weren’t that strong at coding. Kimi 2.6 and 2.7, along with GLM-5.2, were the first ones that actually felt competitive. I was pretty underwhelmed by DeepSeek V4, but I’m looking forward to its next update.that's nonsense. you are giving free data to Anthropic to make their model better.
All this is bullshit. Don't try to make it sound like you support China's AI effort, because you are doing none of that.
If China's AI is good enough, then you should use it. Otherwise, there is a gap and you are helping to make it wider.
if we are operating under the assumption that Chinese models are a lot worse, then okay. But if the Chinese models are good enough (which they are), then these people are clearly helping the other side. Of course, they probably don't think about it that way. But now that US govt is shutting off access to them, good riddance.
DeepSeek really hasn't changed the game.
again, if Zai is actually good enough (and this article is talking about GLM-5.2), then you should use it. Stop telling other people to use it if you are not willing to use it.
I actually used it so much this week, that I hit the limit on my coding plan, so I'm back to Kimi 2.7.
Until you are willing to put your coding and money where your mouth is, keep quiet about how good the Chinese models are. You don't know because you don't use them.
I've used DeepSeek V4 and it's really not up to par for coding. Minimax, I tried that too and it's bad. Chinese models really only got good at coding with GLM-5.1 and Kimi 2.6.
On the paid side, I used to subscribe to MiniMax, Kimi, and GLM, but I’ve since consolidated down to just Kimi and GLM. For the free Chinese models, I’ve tried DeepSeek, Stepfun, Yuanbao, and Doubao. On the Western side, I was paying for Grok, Perplexity Pro, and Anthropic. I also have access to Gemini Pro through my cloud bundle, and I’ve been using NotebookLM quite a bit. Work pays for the premium version of Microsoft 365 Copilot, so I use that as well.
On the agent side, I installed OpenClaw and then added Hermes Agent. I also have a subscription through OpenRouter and Nous Research.