I have not tried pi! I heard of it, but I didn't look into it because Anthropic is cracking down on third-party harnesses by making them prohibitively expensive. I suppose though now that I have a DeepSeek API key due to Reasonix I can give it a shot. (even the pro model is so cheap!! I've been using it for days on multiple projects and have barely spent $1, and I think it can go much further with better prompting.)
As for advice, what kind do you mean? Do you work on Pi?
No, I just was curious to know how you found Pi; I've got so much from pi + DS4 pro that I think I am done feeling bad about Anthropic limits. The cost is ridiculous, but I wonder if there's even a lower floor with reasonix or DS4-specific pi config
In 18min , Mario Zechner , the creator of pi will echo more or less your exact concerns as to why he developed it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjfbvDXpFls
Enjoy !