Engineer routes most client work to DeepSeek via Pi, spends just $40/month
solyarisoftware · x · 2026-08-27
Lead Engineer Scott Fryxell used Pi as an orchestration layer to move most of his client work to DeepSeek and other commodity models, dipping into stronger models only when necessary. His total usage now fits into two $20/month plans, and he calls Pi "the most important piece" of his rig.
More from coding & agent
- mitsuhiko demos his kids' game with an in-browser AI agent teaching coding — mitsuhiko · 2026-10-15
- Dev argues hand-written agent skills beat AI-generated ones: less bloat, fewer skipped steps — lxfater · 2026-10-15
- Half of your coding agent's success is luck: randomness hits 32-52% across models — micahgoldblum · 2026-10-15
- Dev shows agent building a one-tap daily mood tracker without asking a single question — alifcoder · 2026-10-15
- A $10,811 Cloudflare Bill From an Unused AI-Written Test Project: Refunds Aren't a Safety Net — sujingshen · 2026-10-15
- Nous Research's Hermes Agent builds a local home security system for an 89-year-old — NousResearch · 2026-10-15