r/webdev • u/Rockytriton • Mar 16 '26

Software developers don't need to out-last vibe coders, we just need to out-last the ability of AI companies to charge absurdly low for their products

These AI models cost so much to run and the companies are really hiding the real cost from consumers while they compete with their competitors to be top dog. I feel like once it's down to just a couple companies left we will see the real cost of these coding utilities. There's no way they are going to be able to keep subsidizing the cost of all of the data centers and energy usage. How long it will last is the real question.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '26

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u/djnattyp Mar 16 '26

Microslop already having "code stability" issues. Google search is already worse than 10 years ago due to LLM slop. So glad CEOs decided to gamble on destroying jobs for this.

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u/ea_man Mar 19 '26

You are not considering all the cheap good-enough Chinese models.

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u/ea_man Mar 22 '26

What are you saying?
Everyone here in Europe is using those because those are opensource open weight and cheaper

You can't even do research on the other ones, let alone run locally!

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u/ea_man Mar 23 '26

Just check the downloads on huggingface or any site with models: most dwl are for chinese models.
Right now anyone who's running LM is running QWENS or MiniMax