alt Hacker NewsI don't get why I would use Claude Code when OpenCode, Cursor, Zed, etc. all exist, are "free" and work with virtually any llm. Seems like a weird use case unless I'm missing something.
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blitzar • yesterday at 10:07 PM
previously I have found claude code to be just better than the alternatives, using large models or local. It is, however, closer now and not much excuse for the competition after the claude code leak. Personally, I will be giving this a go with OpenCode.
bdangubic • yesterday at 9:50 PM
this is like asking why use intellij or vscode or … when there is vim and emacs
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From my experience, Claude Code is just better. Although I recently started using Zed and it’s pretty good