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Post by cpeterso »

logicprog wrote: post #107

OpenCode was the first open source agent I used, and my main workhorse after experimenting briefly with Claude Code and realizing the potential of agentic coding. Due to that, and because it's a popular an open source alternative, I want to be able to recommend it and be enthusiastic about it. The problem for me is that the development practices of the people that are working on it are suboptimal at best; they're con…

OpenCode's creator acknowledged that the ease of shipping has let them ship prototype features that probably weren't worth shipping and that they need to invest more time cleaning up and fixing things.

https://x.com/thdxr/status/2031377117007454421

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Post by NewsaHackO »

hereme888 wrote: post #32
oldestofsports wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I dont understand this, what is the difference, technically!

Subscription = token that requires refreshing 1-2x/day, and you get the freedom to use your subscription-level usage amount any way you want. API = way more expensive, allowed to use on your terms without anthropic hindering you.

Also, Subscription: against the TOS of Claude Code, need to spoof a token and possibly get banned due to it.

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Post by rbehrends »

logicprog wrote: post #107

OpenCode was the first open source agent I used, and my main workhorse after experimenting briefly with Claude Code and realizing the potential of agentic coding. Due to that, and because it's a popular an open source alternative, I want to be able to recommend it and be enthusiastic about it. The problem for me is that the development practices of the people that are working on it are suboptimal at best; they're con…

I am more concerned about their, umm, gallant approach to security. Not only that OpenCode is permissive by default in what it is allowed to do, but that it apparently tries to pull its config from the web (provider-based URL) by default [1]. There is also this open GitHub issue [2], which I find quite concerning (worst case, it's an RCE vulnerability).

[1] https://opencode.ai/docs/config/#precedence-order

[2] https://github.com/anomalyco/opencode/issues/10939

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Post by esperent »

mgambati wrote: post #131
esperent wrote: post #105

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It might well be a mixture, but 95% of that mixture is vendor lock in. Same reason they don't support AGENTS.md, they want to add friction in switching.

They can try add as much as friction they want. A simple rename in the files and directories like .claude makes the thing work to move out of CC. It’s not like moving from android to iOS.

You'd be surprised how effective small bits of friction are.

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Post by bakugo »

logicprog wrote: post #107

OpenCode was the first open source agent I used, and my main workhorse after experimenting briefly with Claude Code and realizing the potential of agentic coding. Due to that, and because it's a popular an open source alternative, I want to be able to recommend it and be enthusiastic about it. The problem for me is that the development practices of the people that are working on it are suboptimal at best; they're con…

Isn't this pretty much the standard across projects that make heavy use of AI code generation?

Using AI to generate all your code only really makes sense if you prioritize shipping features as fast as possible over the quality, stability and efficiency of the code, because that's the only case in which the actual act of writing code is the bottleneck.

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Post by foobarqux »

logicprog wrote: post #107

OpenCode was the first open source agent I used, and my main workhorse after experimenting briefly with Claude Code and realizing the potential of agentic coding. Due to that, and because it's a popular an open source alternative, I want to be able to recommend it and be enthusiastic about it. The problem for me is that the development practices of the people that are working on it are suboptimal at best; they're con…

What is a better option?
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