MiniMax M2.7 Review: Is It Worth the Hype?
MiniMax M2.7 scores 90% of Opus quality at 7% the cost. I break down benchmarks, token plans, speed issues, and whether it's worth switching to.
I Tested GPT 5.4 Against Every Rival — Here's My Honest Review
I tested GPT 5.4 head-to-head against Claude, Gemini, and MiniMax on a real coding task. Here's what the benchmarks don't tell you.
MiniMax M2.5 Review: Why I'm Seriously Considering Ditching Claude
MiniMax M2.5 paired with OpenCode CLI delivers frontier coding performance at 5-20% of Claude's price. Here's my hands-on experience and why it matters.
Claude Opus 4.6: What's Actually Better?
Claude Opus 4.6 dominates benchmarks and coding tasks, but is it really better than 4.5? A developer's honest take on what changed and what matters.
Gemini 3 Flash: Why Google's Budget Model Is My New Default
Google's Gemini 3 Flash beats GPT-5.2 benchmarks at 3.5x lower cost. Here's why this workhorse model changes the economics of AI in production apps.
JetBrains Shuts Down Fleet, Bets Everything on Agentic AI with Air
JetBrains kills Fleet after 4 years in preview. Its replacement, Air, wants you to stop coding and start supervising AI agents instead. Here's what happened.
Claude Opus 4.5 Review: Anthropic's New Coding Model Breaks Records
Claude Opus 4.5 achieves 80.9% on SWE-bench with 67% lower costs. Hands-on review of the new effort parameter, token efficiency, and real coding performance.
Google Gemini 3 Hits #1 on LMArena: A Developer's Honest First Impressions
Gemini 3 Pro hits #1 on LMArena with 1501 Elo. A developer's honest first impressions and testing plan vs Claude Sonnet 4.5 for real coding work.