alt.hn

6/16/2026 at 7:59:14 PM

DeepSeek V4 Pro at 5% the cost of Claude – what it takes to close the gap

https://howardchen.substack.com/p/deepseek-v4-pro-at-5-the-cost-of

by coolwulf

6/17/2026 at 6:22:08 AM

More companies should be using cheaper models and self hosted.

Most developers don't create cutting edge software, they make boring and straight forward CRUD apps with long established frameworks and languages.

You don't need a cutting edge model for that.

by y2244

6/17/2026 at 10:48:42 AM

> cwcode is currently at My Google Drive and feel free to try and let me know your experiences.

There is no Linux build. Would you mind sharing the code?

by shock

6/17/2026 at 5:19:39 AM

coding is an area where Claude is supposed to dominate, would be interesting to see how Claude perform vs DS V4 on agentic tasks, tool call selection etc

by rarename3