Ask HN: What LLM are you all using for coding assistance right now?
3anon56781238/12/2025, 11:14:26 PM
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Comments (3)
dorcy · 1h ago
i use claude-4-sonnet then gemini-2.5-pro as a fallback
claude-4-sonnet: seems to be the best at tool calling and actually changing the lines
gemini-2.5-pro: solves what sonnet can't solve, but you have to run it a couple of times to get the tool calling mistakes out
aitooltrek-com · 1h ago
claude code is my daily pair programming buddy;
I tried chatGPT, claude, claude code, cursor and ampcode. I sticked to claude code at the end.
incomingpain · 1h ago
Devstral + Openhands is still my workhorse.
Qwen3 coder 30b I've finally sorted and was using it all day with qwen code.
Qwen3 30b thinking is likely still better than coder?
Free gemini 2.5 pro is my backup for the tough problems.
Tomorrow though. LM Studio just released their latest version which greatly improves tool calling with GPT 20b. I'm running it at 120k context and medium reasoning. I'm pretty confident it's about to become to go-to.
claude-4-sonnet: seems to be the best at tool calling and actually changing the lines
gemini-2.5-pro: solves what sonnet can't solve, but you have to run it a couple of times to get the tool calling mistakes out
I tried chatGPT, claude, claude code, cursor and ampcode. I sticked to claude code at the end.
Qwen3 coder 30b I've finally sorted and was using it all day with qwen code.
Qwen3 30b thinking is likely still better than coder?
Free gemini 2.5 pro is my backup for the tough problems.
Tomorrow though. LM Studio just released their latest version which greatly improves tool calling with GPT 20b. I'm running it at 120k context and medium reasoning. I'm pretty confident it's about to become to go-to.