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Claude Code Alternatives?

For anyone that has use Claude Code, what is a powerful enough alternative? I've been getting some amazing results with it, but the cost quickly adds up. I'd like to test something like the Gemini 2.5 Flash API which is significantly cheaper.Does Aider or RooCode offer comparative performance?I'm not looking for something that's simply cheaper. I want to know if it's possible to get the same...

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Mysterious Spam Cname Record Appearing on Cloudflare

I took a look today at a domain that is expiring soon. We shut down everything associated with the domain a few months ago (the DO droplet and the cloudflare record).However, we left the name servers pointing to cloudflare at our registrar.When accessing the domain today, I noticed that it was redirected to various spam sites. Upon further inspection it looks like the DNS records were changed....

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Guideline 401k now charging an AUM Fee

We just received an email that Guideline (401k provider) is switching to a model that charges a % of AUM.A lot of their marketing was focused around charging flat fees rather than a % of AUM. I'm sure that our company is not the only one that chose to use Guideline for this reason.In my opinion this change is extremely predatory and I wonder if this was their plan from the beginning. Does...

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Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2016) on Thursday July 14, 2016 @11:34AM (#12094709)
AdGate Media | New York, NY | REMOTE | Full-Time | Full Stack Web Developer | $70k-$90k

We're a small and distributed team of 11 people. We're looking for someone to help us develop and maintain our growing platform.

AdGate Media focuses on delivering a creative advertising solution for app and web developers. We believe that advertising should be engaging, rewarding, and NOT interrupting.

We're looking for someone within the USA. Strong experience with PHP, OOP, and a PHP framework is a must.

Please send resumes to jobs at adgatemedia dot com.

Re:Google Wants to Sell You Auto Insurance on Friday January 09, 2015 @05:21PM (#8864868)
This is on point.

This will likely be good for consumers and only hurt middlemen who sell leads like Bankrate.com

Re:Skype blocked my business account on Thursday November 13, 2014 @12:36PM (#8602771)
I believe I tried them first, but they did not have the area code I wanted. I will check again!

Skype blocked my business account

I made the (poor) decision of choosing Skype as my phone number and VOIP provider for my business.About a month ago I saw a strange charge on my credit card statement from Skype that did not appear on my account purchase history. After notifying Skype of the issue, they proceeded to block my account for unauthorized access.For more than a week, I have not been receiving phone calls on my...

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Re:Nobody Wants to Learn How to Program on Sunday March 04, 2012 @02:47AM (#3662269)
I can say the same about programming languages. I'm reluctant to learn a new programming language because I don't want to spend time learning the library, the syntax, and any other intricacies. All I want is that one cool feature that X language has that Y doesn't.