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have used both pi and opencode for the last 6 months, haven't opened a proprietary harness (cc, codex, cursor) in that same amount of time. right now i'm on pi

have used both pi and opencode for the last 6 months, haven't opened a proprietary harness (cc, codex, cursor) in that same amount of time. right now i'm on pi and i can switch seamlessly between any model across any provider i want, even mid session. can even point them at locally running models. i think people don't realize how much better life is over on this side, cc and codex rely entirely on vendor lock in imo.

l00sed 3mo ago
Haha I pretty much commented the same thing one minute apart.
esafak 3mo ago
why did you switch from oc to pi?
- daytonix 3mo ago
  i like the more minimal design of the tui, feels more integrated with my existing terminal workflows. oc always looked a little out of place. i really like pi's extension ecosystem as well.
  - alexfortin 3mo ago
    Same here. Moving from OC to Pi also taught me one more time that less is more and I don't need most of the features I thought I needed.
mr_mitm 3mo ago
You can use Claude Code with a self hosted model no problem. I don't believe you can switch during a session though.
fcarraldo 3mo ago
Does a mid-session provider switch result in loading the entire context into the new model, inflating session cost? I don't think I understand the token/cost implications of this feature
- gunalx 3mo ago
  Its nice if you used local, but needed å beefier modell, or more context Window. It will eat input tokens, but you do that all the time unless you have input caching.
- resonious 3mo ago
  Yes you pay a big burst right after switching. After that, everything is cached and it's smooth sailing.
FergusArgyll 3mo ago
codex is open source https://github.com/openai/codex/ https://github.com/openai/codex/ it's definitely geared towards openai but it is completely open source
notshore 3mo ago
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jcmfernandes 3mo ago
Are you using openrouter or something else?
try-working 3mo ago
Try the role-model Pi extension I built, to let Pi determine when to switch to a different model in your pool. https://github.com/try-works/role-model https://github.com/try-works/role-model

l00sed 3mo ago

Haha I pretty much commented the same thing one minute apart.

esafak 3mo ago

why did you switch from oc to pi?

daytonix 3mo ago
i like the more minimal design of the tui, feels more integrated with my existing terminal workflows. oc always looked a little out of place. i really like pi's extension ecosystem as well.
- alexfortin 3mo ago
  Same here. Moving from OC to Pi also taught me one more time that less is more and I don't need most of the features I thought I needed.

mr_mitm 3mo ago

You can use Claude Code with a self hosted model no problem. I don't believe you can switch during a session though.

fcarraldo 3mo ago

Does a mid-session provider switch result in loading the entire context into the new model, inflating session cost? I don't think I understand the token/cost implications of this feature

gunalx 3mo ago
Its nice if you used local, but needed å beefier modell, or more context Window. It will eat input tokens, but you do that all the time unless you have input caching.
resonious 3mo ago
Yes you pay a big burst right after switching. After that, everything is cached and it's smooth sailing.

FergusArgyll 3mo ago

codex is open source https://github.com/openai/codex/ https://github.com/openai/codex/ it's definitely geared towards openai but it is completely open source

notshore 3mo ago

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jcmfernandes 3mo ago

Are you using openrouter or something else?

try-working 3mo ago

Try the role-model Pi extension I built, to let Pi determine when to switch to a different model in your pool. https://github.com/try-works/role-model https://github.com/try-works/role-model