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I don't need another $20 subscription - are you using the api? I wouldn't mind spending 5-8 a month through the api for opus..

submeta 3y ago
I use both the API and the web interface as that’s more convenient. I hardly use Google anymore these days. These tools are well worth every penny for me. They save me endless hours of research/ parsing the results and bringing it in a format I can use.
- londons_explore 3y ago
  If you're a coder earning $150/hour, a tool that saves 'countless hours' is worth a lot more than $20
  - burkaman 3y ago
    To your employer maybe, but not to you. You get paid either way.
    - lexapro 3y ago
      Enhancing your productivity can lead to an improvement in job performance, which in turn, may significantly increase your job security.
  - k4rli 3y ago
    Yes but it's still nice to spend <$10 per month on per token APIs (and get faster responses) than $25 for chatgpt UI (that has horrid captchas besides being much slower than api). Also it's nice to store the data locally with Librechat.
  - ricardobeat 3y ago
    If you’re sitting all day, it’s worth investing $1000 on a chair. If you’re looking at the monitor all day, it’s worth the $3000 for a Studio display. If you’re programming all day, it’s worth getting the top end M3 Max for $5k. A mechanical keyboard, ergonomic mouse, overhead light. It’s worth paying a lot more than $20 for your text editor, your terminal app, window manager, your music subscription, your calendar, your email, todo app, notion, figma, miro.. Most of these make sense in isolation, but if you apply this thinking to everything it quickly adds up. I’m not keen on spending $3k-4k per year on software alone. Even if it provided massive productivity gains (hasn’t for me) my pay would not increase accordingly.
    - rsanek 3y ago
      it's just a question of roi. if those investments increase your earnings over their useful lifetime more than they cost, then yeah, they're worth it. of course, you need to be an owner that can get the benefits of the increased productivity. if you're salaried, may not make sense.
    - submeta 3y ago
      There are things that I have solved with this in a fraction of time that I otherwise wouldn’t have persued. Side projects I had in my mind. Or migration projects (old data) with lots of edge cases where I‘d have spent weeks to finish, I did in two days. Or apps I needed written in GTK as an interface for data or a workflow. Or semi-legal emails that I‘d have reached a lawyer for. There‘s a ton of things I can do with these tools in fractions of time. Or that I can do at all. This gives me superpowers. And it’s worth dropping a restaurant visit to pay for this.
    - bredren 3y ago
      > it’s worth the $3000 for a Studio display It’s worth $6000 for the XDR Pro Display
    - llm_trw 3y ago
      > it’s worth getting the top end M3 Max for $5k May I suggest learning enough Linux to remove the impedance mismatch between your dev and prod machines?
    - pixl97 3y ago
      >I’m not keen on spending $3k-4k per year on software alone. Heh, that little? If you're using any Autodesk stuff that's most of your budget at once.
    - sharno 3y ago
      Also don't forget about: sleep: bed, mattress, pillow, sheets ... etc workout: gym membership, bike, ... etc food: organic, heirloom, natural ... etc I'd claim that this is a logic that comes from rich, first world countries where you don't need to prioritize things in life much, as you can mostly afford everything. Poor people have to think thoroughly about everything they spend money on.
  - swader999 3y ago
    It's like trying to out dig a backhoe with a shovel. Well not yet but...
asterix_pano 3y ago
You can use a service such as nano-gpt.com where you pay for every single query only. I rarely spend more than $20 a month and I can choose whichever model I want.

submeta 3y ago

I use both the API and the web interface as that’s more convenient. I hardly use Google anymore these days. These tools are well worth every penny for me. They save me endless hours of research/ parsing the results and bringing it in a format I can use.

londons_explore 3y ago
If you're a coder earning $150/hour, a tool that saves 'countless hours' is worth a lot more than $20
- burkaman 3y ago
  To your employer maybe, but not to you. You get paid either way.
  - lexapro 3y ago
    Enhancing your productivity can lead to an improvement in job performance, which in turn, may significantly increase your job security.
- k4rli 3y ago
  Yes but it's still nice to spend <$10 per month on per token APIs (and get faster responses) than $25 for chatgpt UI (that has horrid captchas besides being much slower than api). Also it's nice to store the data locally with Librechat.
- ricardobeat 3y ago
  If you’re sitting all day, it’s worth investing $1000 on a chair. If you’re looking at the monitor all day, it’s worth the $3000 for a Studio display. If you’re programming all day, it’s worth getting the top end M3 Max for $5k. A mechanical keyboard, ergonomic mouse, overhead light. It’s worth paying a lot more than $20 for your text editor, your terminal app, window manager, your music subscription, your calendar, your email, todo app, notion, figma, miro.. Most of these make sense in isolation, but if you apply this thinking to everything it quickly adds up. I’m not keen on spending $3k-4k per year on software alone. Even if it provided massive productivity gains (hasn’t for me) my pay would not increase accordingly.
  - rsanek 3y ago
    it's just a question of roi. if those investments increase your earnings over their useful lifetime more than they cost, then yeah, they're worth it. of course, you need to be an owner that can get the benefits of the increased productivity. if you're salaried, may not make sense.
  - submeta 3y ago
    There are things that I have solved with this in a fraction of time that I otherwise wouldn’t have persued. Side projects I had in my mind. Or migration projects (old data) with lots of edge cases where I‘d have spent weeks to finish, I did in two days. Or apps I needed written in GTK as an interface for data or a workflow. Or semi-legal emails that I‘d have reached a lawyer for. There‘s a ton of things I can do with these tools in fractions of time. Or that I can do at all. This gives me superpowers. And it’s worth dropping a restaurant visit to pay for this.
  - bredren 3y ago
    > it’s worth the $3000 for a Studio display It’s worth $6000 for the XDR Pro Display
  - llm_trw 3y ago
    > it’s worth getting the top end M3 Max for $5k May I suggest learning enough Linux to remove the impedance mismatch between your dev and prod machines?
  - pixl97 3y ago
    >I’m not keen on spending $3k-4k per year on software alone. Heh, that little? If you're using any Autodesk stuff that's most of your budget at once.
  - sharno 3y ago
    Also don't forget about: sleep: bed, mattress, pillow, sheets ... etc workout: gym membership, bike, ... etc food: organic, heirloom, natural ... etc I'd claim that this is a logic that comes from rich, first world countries where you don't need to prioritize things in life much, as you can mostly afford everything. Poor people have to think thoroughly about everything they spend money on.
- swader999 3y ago
  It's like trying to out dig a backhoe with a shovel. Well not yet but...

asterix_pano 3y ago

You can use a service such as nano-gpt.com where you pay for every single query only. I rarely spend more than $20 a month and I can choose whichever model I want.