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  • 2026-07-18 | Compare AI Models & Tools Side-by-side comparisons of AI models by capability, price, and use case. Budget, mid-range, premium, and provider pricing comparisons for coding IDEs and API workloads.
  • 2026-07-17 | Kimi K3: Benchmarks, Pricing, and Open-Weights Status Kimi K3 is Moonshot's 2.8T flagship with 1M context, source-labeled benchmark evidence, $3/$15 API pricing, and open weights still pending until July 27, 2026.
  • 2026-07-01 | Claude Sonnet 5 Guide Claude Sonnet 5 pricing, 1M context, API migration changes, tokenizer cost implications, availability, and source-labeled launch evidence.
  • 2026-06-28 | GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, and Luna Guide GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, and Luna pricing, preview access, benchmark evidence, caching, and deployment caveats as of June 28, 2026.
  • 2026-06-28 | GPT-5.6 Sol Preview: Access and Agent Risks GPT-5.6 Sol is a restricted API and Codex preview shaped by a government request. Check access, agent risks, pricing, and safeguards before routing work.
  • 2026-06-27 | Codex Banked Resets and the GPT-5.6 Preview Codex usage resets can accumulate for manual use. Check /usage before waiting or buying credits; GPT-5.6 remains a limited preview.
  • 2026-06-26 | Claude Opus 4.8 Baseline Guide Claude Opus 4.8 is the active premium Claude baseline for hard coding review, architecture, and arbitration, with current independent evidence.
  • 2026-06-20 | GLM-5.2 vs Kimi K2.6/K2.7 GLM-5.2 vs Kimi K2.6 and Kimi K2.7 Code for cheap coding models, with Kimi K3 separated as the newer flagship lane.
  • 2026-06-20 | GLM-5.2: July Value Coding Pick GLM-5.2 is the July best value coding model to test: 1M context, AA Index 51, $1.40/$4.40 API pricing, and Opus 4.8 comparison math.
  • 2026-06-20 | Kimi K2.7 Code: Coding Model Guide Kimi K2.7 Code is Moonshot's cheaper routine coding lane after K3: 256K context, base/HighSpeed pricing, source-labeled benchmark deltas, and eval caveats.
  • 2026-06-06 | Xiaomi MiMo Guide: V2.5 API, Pricing & Open Weights Source-backed guide to Xiaomi MiMo V2.5 API, Token Plan limits, open weights, pricing, hardware reality, privacy caveats, and where it fits.
  • 2026-06-05 | LLM App-Hacking Field Test: $1,500 Takeaways A cautious read of Kasra Rahjerdi's informal $1,500 field test on whether LLM agents could exploit a deliberately vulnerable app.
  • 2026-06-01 | MiniMax M3: Value Coding Model Guide MiniMax M3 is a value coding model candidate with 1M context, multimodal input, Token Plan economics, and vendor-reported benchmark strength. Test it before replacing premium lanes.
  • 2026-05-18 | GLM-5.1: Prior Low-Cost Coding Model Guide GLM-5.1 is Z.AI's prior low-cost coding model context. Use GLM-5.2 for the current 1M-context GLM coding-model guide.
  • 2026-04-09 | Gemma 4: Private Local AI From Phone to PC Gemma 4 explained: official release facts, offline iPhone support for the edge models, and which version to start with on standard local hardware.
  • 2026-03-31 | Qwen 3.6 Plus Preview: Free 1M-Context Eval on OpenRouter Qwen 3.6 Plus Preview is currently a free OpenRouter-hosted eval path with a 1M token context window. Here is what is verified, what is still missing, and when value hunters should use it.
  • 2026-02-25 | Codex vs Claude Code vs Kimi Code Current decision guide for Codex, Claude Code, and Kimi Code, separating tool plans from GPT-5.6, Opus 4.8, Kimi K3, and Kimi K2.7 model evidence.
  • 2026-02-16 | Compare AI Models by Price Tier Compare active, preview, restricted, and historical AI models by price, access, evidence quality, and workload.
  • 2026-02-03 | OpenAI Codex: Current Setup and Models Current Codex CLI setup, GPT-5.5 default guidance, GPT-5.6 preview boundary, AGENTS.md usage, authentication, sandboxing, and model selection.
  • 2026-02-01 | Kimi K2.5 Historical Guide Historical Kimi K2.5 capabilities, benchmarks, and older free-access routes. Use Kimi K3 for newest-Kimi decisions and K2.7 Code for cheaper coding decisions.
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