If so, I’d like to know about that questions:

  • Do you use an code autocomplete AI or type in a chat?
  • Do you consider environment damage that use of AIs can cause?
  • What type of AI do you use?
  • Usually, what do you ask AIs to do?
  • chasteinsect@programming.devEnglish
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    14 hours ago

    I don’t mess with code autocomplete, Cursor, agents or any of that stuff. I’ve got subscriptions to 2 platforms that give me access to a bunch of different models and I just ask whatever model I need directly, copy/paste the context it needs. On that note, AI search engines like Perplexity genuinely bring zero value to my workflow. I’d rather do the searching myself and feed it the relevant context, feels like it misleads me more often than it helps. I actually have a Perplexity sub (got it free) and haven’t touched their web search in like 4 months.

    I’ve thought about the environmental impact and taken steps to minimize my usage. That’s actually one reason I avoid Cursor, agents, and AI web search - feels super wasteful and I’m not convinced it’s sustainable long-term. I guess I just like being in control, you know? I also try using smaller open source models when I can, even if they’re not as powerful.

    My go-to models right now for daily use (easiest to hardest tasks): Llama 4 Scout -> DeepSeek v3.1 -> DeepSeek v3.1 (thinking) -> Gemini 2.5 Pro / Claude 4 Sonnet (thinking) -> GPT 5 (thinking). Sometimes I’ll throw in other models like Gemini 2.5 Flash but mostly stick to these.

    By the way I would recommend trying out t3.chat ( that’s one of the platforms that I use). Cost 8 USD / month and is made by Theo pretty happy with it for the price. The UI is honestly its strongest point.

    For how I actually use AI, I wrote a more detailed answer in another thread about AI usage. Have a read