Reddit User Ditches Codex After Trying Chinese Models: 'Overkill' for 80% of Work
EmetInteractive · reddit · 2026-10-06
A Reddit user outside China shares firsthand experience after trying Chinese models and agents, arguing both dominant narratives—Chinese models dominating OpenRouter on cost, versus being censored and weak in English—miss the full picture.
- After years on Codex, he switched to hy3 via WorkBuddy, which also offers global models like GPT-6-Astra and Gemini-3.5-Flash.
- His verdict: these handle 80% of his work well, making Codex "overkill"—he won't renew it.
- He's looking forward to GLM-5.3, Kimi K3, and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, and is soliciting non-developer use cases for writing, study, translation, and travel planning.
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