Ask HN: Which model do you use with Pi coding agent?

4•theaniketmaurya•5h ago

I use Pi coding agent with OpenAI GPT-5.6 Sol but have been finding that GPT-5.6 is slower than Claude Code. Do you use any other model like one of the hosted OSS ones?

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slipwalker•1h ago

GLM 5.x coding plan from z.ai, and opencode go plan.

freddiehdxd•57m ago

GPT-5 / GPT-5.5 Claude Opus / Sonnet Gemini Kimi K2 DeepSeek Grok

softwaredoug•29m ago

I think GPT 5.6 Luna works great honestly for most boring coding tests. And saves money.

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