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I see, thanks; but what about the cost? Is this just a fixed subscription? If so, what level is necessary for such kinds of large projects? Can you just let it run ad infinitum, or are there daily or weekly limits, or do you even have to spend money by effort?

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I run Claude code (though I’m told open code runs better, I’m used to Claude) through deepseek, which costs me about £45 per month. That’s fine for me, though I realise everyone has their own limits.

Wow, that's far from expensive; actually incredible to get a full language with compiler and optimzier and a bunch of targets for just a few hundered dollars. That makes me feel like a movie theater pianist back when sound films first came out.

Yeah, it was kind of eye-opening for me too. I honestly can’t see myself going back to “normal” programming.

I’ve been around a while, was there when “the web” was a paradigm-shift (when I set up my first website, you had to email CERN to get put on a list of websites in the world), and this very much feels like another.

But the only way to adapt to change on that level is to embrace it, revel in it, and seize it. At least IMHO :)

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