We are all, more or less, using the same LLMs. So I am no longer sure what the difference is between me and other developers.
Before, I was proud of the quality of work that I did and the speed at which I was able to deliver it. Now I am just a reviewer of the code that was generated by the LLMs and trying to use my experience to guide it better.
I don't have an unlimited budget for LLMs, and I'm guessing most developers don't either. I was thinking that the differentiation factor would be who can do the same job cheaper. My interest was to find the best-value LLMs for the job, in terms of pricing and intelligence.
Because of this I built https://aicalculatorpro.com/. A website that doesn't need a sign-up and is free, so that other developers can have the same insight.
The site is vibe coded, as you can see. I launched it in July.
The page I personally use most is the LLM price changes page: https://aicalculatorpro.com/llm-price-changes/
Over time, it will grow and become an audit log. Here I can see which new models are launched. I was also thinking that you can save money by switching providers, so for each model I list the providers. For example, this one: https://aicalculatorpro.com/models/zhipu/glm-5.3-flash/
What do you think will be the differentiating factors now that we are all using LLMs?