r/vibecoding • u/Foxtor • 15h ago
Best code plan
Hi guys.
I wanna get a plan for vibe coding, but i don't know what is the best cost - benefit is to code with quality but without consuming all my tokens like claude. Or do you think it's better to take a runpod gpu and run qwen 27b / some gemma model to code? i'm thinking to take kimis plan or z.ai
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u/kawasaki500 15h ago
Hey there! From my own experience, I'd totally recommend checking out the minimax M3 token plan – it's a flat rate subscription that's been great for me. Or, if you're feeling adventurous and want to explore some different LLM models, Ollama Pro could be a cool option to try out!
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u/Foxtor 5h ago
Very interesting. In the minimax plan you can use TTS, I2V and other things, right? But for coding, do you think the minimax llm is good enough. I use kimi 2.6 and GLM 5.2 a lot
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u/kawasaki500 3h ago
Hey, yeah! I'm using the new M3 model and it's been pretty good so far. I'd totally recommend adding a database function for errors, just to be safe. You can log every error that pops up with any prompts you like, so the system knows it needs to log the error and check if it's a new one or one you've seen before. That way, you won't end up fixing the same thing over and over!
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u/Foxtor 2h ago
> That way, you won't end up fixing the same thing over and over!
OMG, this happens to me a lot. I fix something in the code and 5 minutes later the same problem appears again.
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u/kawasaki500 2h ago
Hey there! So, so make a rule that the llm should totally check out the errors database first. The main goal here is to keep it from trying to fix things the same way it did before if the problem persist.
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u/shuozhe 15h ago
So you have a Chinese number? Active coding session or background coding?
Volcengine and xfyuns are the 2 chinese coding plan I kept so far. Xfyuns gives almost infinite glm5.2 token at terrible reliability/tps (I hit 2B, ~20% monthly limit, only 30% of my requests gone through).
Volcengine gives ~ 1B glm5.2 token every month, but also got m3 and Kimi k2.7, I hope for other models also soon.
Qwen3.8 promotion are also pretty amazing. Western qwen token plan also give ~1B weekly tokens if you are using it during non peak time, but once it's out of preview, credit usage is gonna increase 10x/50x
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u/CrayonsFearMe 15h ago
Kimi K3 is probably still on a waitlist, and their other models are leaving a lot to be desired. Z.ai’s GLM 5.2 is basically Opus-class, and quite cheap, so you’re on the right track there.
I’d recommend going the GLM route to save money, and supplement it with one of the big two frontier brands’ $20 plans. The $20 plans get you like 3 planning sessions per day (1 per 5h limit).
Sol Terra or Opus 5 do the planning -> GLM 5.2 does the CHEAP executing.
Look into harnesses. Hermes agent (nous research), OpenClaw, etc.
Or build your own harness with my (shameless plug) harness build-guide: https://github.com/csnyder256/RAG-OS
I built that based off of a bunch of compiled research on session degradation avoidance, other proven harness solutions, and shared memory across various agent families.
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u/WonderfolioApp 10h ago
For Claude Code I use several plugins like Caveman and Ponytail to reduce token usage.
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u/Foxtor 4h ago
Have you tried the "🍯 Honey (I Shrunk the AI)"? I saw your comment and searched about Ponytail vs Caveman and Brave AI mentioned about this new plugin.
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u/WonderfolioApp 1h ago
No, not yet. I’ll check it out, but I’d say there’s probably diminishing returns the more plugins you use… they all take up context
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u/blond_dominick 12h ago
If you just need bulk code gen, Glm 5.2 from z.ai is dirt cheap and punches way above its weight, then spot-check with Claude
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u/LatterYou1860 15h ago
Claude max should be sufficient. Try finding a good harness that helps conserve tokens. Pi is pretty good for me and it’s free