Kimi K3 Review: The 2.8T Open Model That Beats Claude on Paper
Kimi K3 review after a week on real code: Moonshot's 2.8T open-weight model tops benchmarks at a third of Claude's price, but it's slow and hallucinates.
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Django-Bolt Review: Rust-Powered Django, FastAPI Speed
Django-Bolt puts Actix and Rust under Django to hit 188K RPS. I dug through the source and benchmarks — where it beats FastAPI, and where the speed evaporates.
Claude Sonnet 5 Review: A Week With Anthropic's New Default
Claude Sonnet 5 review after a week: it nearly matches Opus 4.8 on coding, beats it on Terminal-Bench, and runs at just $2/$10 — but the tokenizer bites.
Perplexity Bumblebee Review: The Supply Chain Scanner Your Dev Machine Needs
Bumblebee scans npm, PyPI, Go, MCP configs, and editor extensions for compromised packages, all without running a single install script. Hands-on review.
GLM-5.2 Review: 753B Open-Weight Model That Undercuts GPT-5.5
GLM-5.2 scores 62.1 on SWE-bench Pro vs GPT-5.5's 58.6, ships under MIT, and costs $1.40/M input tokens. Benchmarks, pricing, and the China data question.
GPT-5.5 Review After Seven Weeks: Where It Beats Claude and Where It Doesn't
GPT-5.5 hits 82.7% on Terminal-Bench and uses 72% fewer tokens than Claude — but loses SWE-Bench Pro to Opus 4.7. Seven weeks of real agentic use, reviewed.
Claude Fable 5 Review: 80% SWE-Bench Pro, but Read the Fine Print
Claude Fable 5 hits 80.3% SWE-bench Pro and 29.3% FrontierCode Diamond. It also costs 2x Opus 4.8, retains your data 30 days, and silently falls back.
Devin Desktop Review: What Actually Changed When Windsurf Died
Windsurf became Devin Desktop on June 2. Cascade dies July 1. Here's what the rebrand, Devin Local, and ACP support mean after a week with the new IDE.
GitHub Copilot AI Credits: Token Costs, Real Math, and Who Pays More
GitHub Copilot switched to AI credits on June 1. Token math per model, real session costs, and whether your $10/month Pro plan still makes sense.
Google Jules Review: The Async Coding Agent Worth $20/Month?
Google Jules queues coding tasks, runs them in a cloud VM, and opens PRs while you sleep. Free tier gives 15 tasks/day. Here's what worked and what didn't.