After 6 months of coding with Hermes, DeepSeek V4 Flash, and Cline, this user ranks the tools
SafeImprovement7204 · reddit · 2026-07-27
A Reddit user compares a long list of AI coding harnesses and IDEs after six months of daily work on medium-to-large projects, including Flutter mobile apps, full-stack Flutter + C+ React systems, and hobby builds like an OpenRouter clone.
Main takeaways
- Hermes + DeepSeek V4 Flash has become their default setup and performs better than most agnostic harnesses.
- The key difference is Aphrodite: default Hermes often stalls, while Hermes paired with Aphrodite “just works.”
- Their rough score for Hermes:
- code fixing: 5–7/10
- new features: 7/10
- random tasks: 8/10
Other tools mentioned
- OpenCode with Xiaomi MiMo V2.5 Pro: looping responses or dead stops.
- pi.dev: decent, but uses more tokens than Hermes for similar work.
- Cline: strong planning and Kanban flow, but they have not set it up fully yet.
- Factory.io / Cursor: good but too expensive in token burn.
- Antigravity: best value among paid tools tried.
- GLM 5.2: noticeably better code quality than MiMo V2.5, Kimi 2.7, or DeepSeek V4, but too costly.
- Kimi 2.7 Code: large quota, weak code quality; better for research and building skills.
- Blackbox: desktop/CLI loops and hallucinates, though the API works fine.
- GitHub Copilot: burns budget fastest and is rated poorly.
The user is now asking for a new tool that is specifically strong at coding, and also wonders whether super-agentic.ai is legitimate or just a rebrand.
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