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Ask HN: Which model do you use for work?

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The past little while has been filled with new LLM releases. I am curious to understand what you find to work best for your particular workflows and tasks.

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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 ..

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.

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.

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.

Astra on Extra High. Knowledge work, the right answer is much more important than a fast or cheap answer. If I were to switch to Anthropic, Opus 5.5 or Fable 5.1 on high or better.

same

Free models on OpenCode, or just locally running models (at most 27B or 35B A3B or similar) on LM Studio... :')

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.

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

gpt 5.6 sol. assuming the prose is similar with the gpt 6 series, if it was available at work that's probably what i'd be using instead.

i'm well aware of opus and fable's superior engineering qualities for writing code, however i find that as a swe who needs to understand every engineering decision that is made and is held accountable for their actions for safety critical code, understanding trumps speed every time.

and the gpt model series is far and above easier for me to understand the outputs of than claude, even with the prose improvements in fable 5.1 and opus 5.5.

in codex - luna high for 80% of everything. This keeps me within the $100 a month plan. Then every so often Sol 6 high or even Astro xhigh but rarely. Also a lot of chat on xhigh or astro because that's billed seperate so I can have chat do a code review of what luna high just did and paste it to luna. Luna is always so embarrassed and agrees with the review.

mostly GLM-5-turbo for coding,

and gemini-3.6-flash for brainstorming problems

( why ? token cost and availability at work )

I use gpt-6-sol for planing and luna for writing code

Lately Astra and Opus 5.5.

luna for day to day tasks. opus for design / specs.

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