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I can see how pricing at 100 to 200$ per month per employee could make sense for companies, it’s a clear value proposition at that scale. But for personal proje

I can see how pricing at 100 to 200$ per month per employee could make sense for companies, it’s a clear value proposition at that scale. But for personal projects and open source work, it feels out of reach. I’d really like to see more accessible pricing tiers for individuals and hobbyists. Pay per token models don’t work for me either; earlier this year, I racked up almost $1,000 in a month just experimenting with personal projects, and that experience has made me wary of using these tools since. Sources

dist-epoch 1y ago
Github Copilot has unlimited GPT-4.1 for $10/month.
- indigodaddy 1y ago
  is GPT-4.1 decent for coding?
- adhamsalama 1y ago
  And you can use it as an API, so you can plug it as an OpenAI compatible LLM provider into any 3rd party tool that uses AI, for free. That's the only reason I subscribed to GitHub Copilot. Currently using it for Aider.
  - ianandrich 1y ago
    Say more. Is the API access unlimited? What models are available?
    - adhamsalama 1y ago
      It's unlimited for the models that have unlimited use in GitHub Copilot, gpt-4.1.
indigodaddy 1y ago
I’ve seen some people describe getting pretty good value out of the Claude $20 plan with Claude Code?
- stpedgwdgfhgdd 1y ago
  Pro is fine for medium sized projects, stick to 1 terminal.
  - indigodaddy 1y ago
    couple hours a day or?
fakedang 1y ago
> Pay per token models don’t work for me either; earlier this year, I racked up almost $1,000 in a month just experimenting with personal projects, and that experience has made me wary of using these tools since. Can't have your cake and eat it too. Behold the holy trifecta of: Number of Projects - Code Quality - Coding Agent Cost
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teiferer 1y ago
> But for personal projects and open source work, it feels out of reach Is it? Many hobbies cost much more money. A nice bike (motorbike or road bike, doesn't matter), a sailing boat, golf club/trips, a skiing season pass ... $100/month is significantly less than what you'd burn with those other things. Sure you can program in your free time without such a subscription, and if you enjoy that then by all means, but if it takes away the grunt work and you are having more fun, I don't see the issue. Gym memberships are in that order of magnitude too, even though you could use some outdoor gym in a city park for free. Maybe those indoor perks of heating, lights, roof and maintained equipment are worth sth? Similar with coding agents for personal projects...

dist-epoch 1y ago

Github Copilot has unlimited GPT-4.1 for $10/month.

indigodaddy 1y ago
is GPT-4.1 decent for coding?
adhamsalama 1y ago
And you can use it as an API, so you can plug it as an OpenAI compatible LLM provider into any 3rd party tool that uses AI, for free. That's the only reason I subscribed to GitHub Copilot. Currently using it for Aider.
- ianandrich 1y ago
  Say more. Is the API access unlimited? What models are available?
  - adhamsalama 1y ago
    It's unlimited for the models that have unlimited use in GitHub Copilot, gpt-4.1.

indigodaddy 1y ago

I’ve seen some people describe getting pretty good value out of the Claude $20 plan with Claude Code?

stpedgwdgfhgdd 1y ago
Pro is fine for medium sized projects, stick to 1 terminal.
- indigodaddy 1y ago
  couple hours a day or?

fakedang 1y ago

> Pay per token models don’t work for me either; earlier this year, I racked up almost $1,000 in a month just experimenting with personal projects, and that experience has made me wary of using these tools since. Can't have your cake and eat it too. Behold the holy trifecta of: Number of Projects - Code Quality - Coding Agent Cost

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teiferer 1y ago

> But for personal projects and open source work, it feels out of reach Is it? Many hobbies cost much more money. A nice bike (motorbike or road bike, doesn't matter), a sailing boat, golf club/trips, a skiing season pass ... $100/month is significantly less than what you'd burn with those other things. Sure you can program in your free time without such a subscription, and if you enjoy that then by all means, but if it takes away the grunt work and you are having more fun, I don't see the issue. Gym memberships are in that order of magnitude too, even though you could use some outdoor gym in a city park for free. Maybe those indoor perks of heating, lights, roof and maintained equipment are worth sth? Similar with coding agents for personal projects...