My default model for coding.
The model I use for making UIs and doing frontend work
A sleeper pick. The speed is absurd, incredible for "sub agent" type tasks (search with tools)
Do you want to process a video, image, or turn a giant blob of text into JSON? This is the model (or flash) for it. It's also pretty good at UI.
Another sleeper pick I didn't think I would use as much as I do. Anytime I need a quick change/search it's perfect. Also surprisingly good at UI stuff.
Yes I'm biased, but T3 Code is really good. 90% of my work is done from here, with the only real exception being frontend stuff (typically done in Cursor, Opencode, or Pi)
Still my default editor.
The tui is a tui. Idk what else to say but: it's good.
The really impressive part is the SDK. Best "agent" SDK I've tried by a lot.
Still the most impressive overall tui and their desktop app has come a lot way to actually being quite solid. I just kinda like having it around for random tasks.
The best harness for OpenAI models. CLI is great. Desktop app is beautiful, but has a ton of perf issues. I mostly just use it under the hood through T3 Code.
It's in a rough state
Your $200 will get you ~$400-$500 a month in inference. Not nearly as insane of a subsidy as the major labs, but still worth having in my opinion.
If you have to pick only one sub, this is the one to get.
Insane value, your $200 will get you thousands of dollars worth of GPT a month if you push it.
If you can afford two subs, this is the other one to get. GPT models are overall the best right now, and OpenAI is super chill about letting you use the sub in other harnesses:
This is the third sub I'd get if you can spend the money. Not as insane of a value as the other subs, but it seems like you can pretty easily get close to $1000 if you push it (although that could change).
Best part of this one is how flexible Opencode Zen is. It's truly just an API, your sub gets you an API key. Which means it's trivial to use as the inference for agents your building, in other harnesses, etc.
A pretty insane value for the money if you push it hard. Your $200 will get you thousands of dollars a month in inference if you push it.
The problem is this is the most locked down sub of them all. You can really only use it in Claude Code which is currently the weakest mainline harness
