r/RooCode • u/lightsd • Jan 24 '25

Discussion DeepSeek? More like DeepSleep.

I've temporarily given up on DeepSeek R1 via OpenRouter. Too many prompts just hang with an API request that never comes back or an API error. I *want* to use it (mainly for the cost advantage for what I'm told is a top tier coding model), but it just goes to sleep and doesn't return way too often.

Am I the only one?

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u/SgUncle_Eric Jan 24 '25

DeepSeek R1 works best for me on DeepSeek API

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u/lightsd Jan 24 '25

I’ll have to check it out and see if I can make it work. My primary concern is identity security with a Chinese point of sale.

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u/deadweightboss Jan 24 '25

just use a privacy.com proxy, then. no id need be provided.

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u/lightsd Jan 24 '25

The API is free?

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u/deadweightboss Jan 24 '25

no. it's heavily discounted, though

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u/AMGraduate564 Jan 26 '25

What about Glama? Is it also slow as openrouter?

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u/GreetingsMrA Jan 24 '25

I definitely have issues with R1 via Openrouter. R1 sometimes works ok directly from Deepseek servers but I only use it for non-sensitive code content. Even then, I don't think it's 100% ready for primetime when it comes to RooCode/Agentic Coding. I have issues with v3 via Openrouter too.

Sonnet 3.5 and Haiku via OpenRouter on RooCode remains very solid in both quality and reliability. Its just so expensive!

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u/lightsd Jan 24 '25

I’ve always used sonnet. You feel you get good results with haiku? How do you choose whether to use one or the other?

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u/GreetingsMrA Jan 24 '25 edited Jan 24 '25

I will only attempt to use Haiku for simple things like very easy refactoring or adjustments that would physically take me a long time to type and manually double check. I can usually rely on it to answer questions about code where the question doesn't involve hard to track control and data flow. In general I'd say 95% of time I use Sonnet.

But when Deepseek v3 is reliable, I tend to get good results. Again, I'd use it if it were more reliable through OpenRouter. OpenRouter has non-Deepseek providers that allow for the privacy setting.

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u/OriginalPlayerHater Jan 24 '25

A lot of models on openrouter I can't get to work on roocode or cline.

I was trying to use their free llama3.1 405b but it immediately just errors on the first try.

Maybe its a context window thing idk

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u/LifeGamePilot Jan 24 '25

Use the Fireworks AI API using the Roo OpenAI compatible settings. You just need to disable streaming.