Show HN: I tested 15 free AI models at building real software on a $25/year VPS
j0rg3
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April 02, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (2 comments)
walkersutton
Curious how the top performers compare to SOTA paid models. Also interested in understanding performance differences between running model on VPS hardware compared to a laptop. Thanks for sharing
scorpioxy
> Instead of fixing the rate limiter that was blocking its own tests, it patched the environment detection. That's enterprise development in a nutshell. That part made me laugh and reflects my experience when I was working on "enterprise development" teams. I'm curious about having this run on a VPS as opposed to a local VM. What does that provide you? I understand having the VM completely disconnected from your local network etc but is there anything besides that? I ask because mentioning the cost here seemed like one of the important points but that cost wasn't necessary for the experiment itself.