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Ask HN: What's the best AI coding tool today?

2•FrenchDevRemote•49m ago
My current workflow would be something like: write detailed requirements, ssh into a remote instance, ask an agent to write a plan and giving it free rein to build it there, only pinging me back when it's ready or when it's stuck. I could write code manually in an IDE too but only when the problem is too complex for an LLM.

I've used Cursor for work for a few years, but I'm really not a fan of giving all of my data to Musk. Also I think I want to spend less time writing code by hand.

I tried Antigravity but it's utter garbage.

I heard some good things about Opencode+open models/ollama cloud, but opencode seems slightly buggy when running it over ssh.

I'm really reluctant to give my money to the 2 leaders in the field, I don't think I want to contribute to them making more money, but I could be convinced if there was no doubt they're the best, which I'm not totally sure of.

I'm also on a limited budget and don't want to get a 200$ subscription unless there is zero doubt it's worth it.

My main focus is building MVPs around AI/agents, mobile apps, and scraping/automation.

In your opinion is there a clearly superior solution today you'd recommend? In terms of capabilities, value for money, usage limits.

Comments

boc•29m ago
cmux + Claude Code / Codex with a custom agents.md file.

With cmux your agents can access the browser, spawn full shells, and you aren't locked-in to a specific vendor. It's really powerful but you need to update your instruction file so your coding harness knows it can use the cmux tools to test.

You can also download Handy to use voice so you can just give your feedback via voice into the CLI during the planning phase of a project.

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