Kimi 3 is Aggressive on Both Performance and Pricing
boringmarketer · x · 2026-07-17
The author notes that Kimi 3 "closely follows Fable", outperforms Opus, but is priced closer to Sonnet 5.
They also suggest a workaround: migrating @steipete's codex-first skill into a kimi-first setup for Claude Code. Furthermore, they claim to have successfully run workflows like "plans and reviews" and "types" by pairing Fable 5 with Kimi 3.
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