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Public story · 2026-03-17 · source-backed
A heavy Claude Code user (12B+ tokens) switched to ZhipuAI's GLM-5 (744B MoE, 40B active, MIT, 205K context) through NVIDIA NIM's free tier at 40 req/min. Multiple practitioners independently corroborated competitive coding quality. claude-launcher v0.4 supports the routing. Source
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Claude Code uses Opus / Shared entities / Shared topic / Earlier coverage
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Simon Willison uses Claude Code / Shared entities / Same source domain / Shared topic / What happened next / Tension
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Claude Code uses Opus / Shared entities / Shared topic / What happened next
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Codex competes with Claude Code / Shared entities / Same source domain / Shared topic / What happened next
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Claude Code uses Opus / Shared entities / Same source domain / Shared topic / What happened next
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Claude Code uses Opus / Shared entities / Shared topic / What happened next / Tension
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Anthropic released Claude Code / Shared entities / Shared topic / What happened next
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Claude Code uses Opus / Shared entities / Shared topic / What happened next
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