Startup weighs ditching Claude Code for GLM over cost, tests LiteLLM gateway setup
Gonjanaenae319 · reddit · 2026-09-07
A startup heavily built on Claude Code says costs are pushing it toward cheaper models like GLM. The author is testing LiteLLM as an API gateway to serve agents across models, and exploring OpenCode, Pi, and DeepSeek Harness, asking how teams mix frontier and budget models on large codebases.
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