GLM 5.2 on openrouter costs $0.93/M input and $3/M output. claude opus 4.8 costs $5/M input and $25/M output. claude is only a “good deal” if you consider the subsidized plans for private users that let you use 10x or more the price you paid for.

That being said, I’m not a fan of AI at all.

every time it rains i think or sing to myself “it’s rainin’, it’s pourin’, emperor emhyr’s whorin’”

another thing is that PSUs slowly lose capacity over time. eventually the system might turn really unstable and eventually unusable.