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Kilo CLI gives you free AI models in your terminal. No credit card. Unlimited usage on the free tier. Bring your own keys if you want to use Opus or GPT-5.5. Install in seconds: kilo.codes/n6NppEt

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Stepfun is still leading the Kilo Gateway with 30%+ of usage. But three new arrivals are shaking it up. • Grok Build 0.1 made some noise. • Gemini 3.5 Flash quietly raised the bar. • Qwen 3.7 Max showed up earlier than expected. Same workflow, same prompts, three different answers.

@therealrebulous That’s why we looked beyond screenshots. We specifically checked things like state handling, API integration, timers, filters, multi-step flows, charts, and interactivity to see whether the implementations actually held up. You cand read more: kilo.codes/dufexZA

@kilocode They are probably just as useless web sites as any other web site created by a script kiddie with a wysiwyg editor.

Grok Build 0.1 might be one of the most underestimated AI models right now. We tested it in Kilo Code by asking it to build 5 websites from scratch. Here are the results:

A few things surprised us honestly. Some of the state handling, interactivity, live API fetching, timers, charts, and multi-step flows held up much better than we expected once we actually inspected the implementations instead of just looking at screenshots. We broke down a lot of the details here: kilo.codes/dufexZA

@kilocode interesting to see grok build 0.1 getting some real tests. curious how it handled edge cases or custom designs-did anything surprise you during the builds?

We mainly tested functionality, interactivity, and implementation quality in these examples rather than production security hardening. Things like CSP policies, auth, backend validation, and deployment security still need proper developer review just like with any AI-generated code.

@kilocode How does Grok build 0.1 integrate security? For example, does it also take care of CSP banner in those websites it's built?

Surprisingly well for these tests. We had examples with live API fetching, state transitions, timers, dynamic charts, filters, and multi-step workflows that were actually functional beyond just static UI generation. We broke down some of the implementations here: kilo.codes/dufexZA

@kilocode How did Grok Build 0.1 handle any backend or API integration in those website builds?

@RoundtableSpace We have been experimenting with Grok Build 0.1 inside Kilo on interactive web apps, dashboards, games, and UI workflows.Some of the functionality and interactivity held up surprisingly well for the speed/cost.Prompts, costs, and results: kilo.codes/dufexZA

WHAT ARE YOU BUILDING TODAY?

@avrldotdev Probably the same thing engineers always did when tools improved: adapt, learn higher-level skills, focus more on product thinking, real-world constraints, communication, and understanding what should actually be built.

Software engineers, what's your plan when AI develops better taste & architectural/systems knowledge than you in next 3-4 years?

Tokenizing huge code blocks for simple copy/edit operations does feel pretty inefficient. A lot of future agent workflows will probably move toward more direct file manipulation, AST-level edits, diffs, and tool-based operations instead of constantly regenerating entire sections of code.

llms should really learn to copy code with tool instead of using tokens it's insane

@TTrimoreau Still depends heavily on the workflow honestly, Opus is extremely strong for long-context reasoning and large codebases, but models like Grok Build 0.1 are starting to surprise people on rapid web app generation, UI workflows, and interactive frontend tasks.

Is Claude Opus the best model for coding right now ?

@trikcode A lot of developers are realizing the model itself is only part of the workflow now. That’s also why more people are using platforms like Kilo where you can switch between models depending on the task instead of being locked into a single subscription.

DeepSeek is free and almost as good as Claude. but we still pay $20/month because we've convinced ourselves the paid one understands us better.

@ravikiran_dev7 The subscription gives you leverage, not the outcome. The hard part is still finding real problems, building something people actually want, and distributing it well.

Bought claude pro, now how do I make 1 million dollars per month??

@0xsachi A lot of people don’t actually hate AI. They hate the overhype, forced integrations, fear marketing, and products shipping AI features that don’t meaningfully improve the experience.

AI has a serious PR issue

@Saanvi_dhillon A lot of developers started with Notepad++ or Sublime Text before moving into full IDEs and AI editors later on.

as a dev, what was your first code editor?

@Nicolascole77 Grok Build 0.1 feels pretty underrated right now honestly. We recently tested it inside Kilo on interactive websites, dashboards, games, and UI workflows, and the functionality held up surprisingly well for the speed/cost.

What is the most underrated AI tool right now?

@csaba_kissi This week we’ve been testing Grok Build 0.1 inside Kilo on interactive websites, dashboards, UI flows, and small web apps. Some of the results honestly surprised us: kilo.codes/dufexZA

What project/app/website have you been working on this week?

@naturedotcom Knowing how to code definitely helps, especially for debugging and reviewing outputs, but we’ve also seen people on our team use vibe coding successfully for repetitive internal tools, automations, dashboards, and workflow scripting without being traditional full-time engineers.

Opinion: Vibe coding only works well if you already know how to code

@kiddo4lyf A lot of reading documentation, tracing through source code, debugging manually, and understanding systems deeply enough to figure things out without autocomplete or generation tools.

How were we writing all this codes without ai?

Today we’ve been testing Grok Build 0.1 inside Kilo on interactive web apps, dashboards, games, API-connected projects, and multi-step UI flows. Honestly surprised by how much functionality held up beyond just the screenshots. Prompts, costs, and results: kilo.codes/dufexZA

What are you building today?

@KaiXCreator Every language has tradeoffs honestly, JavaScript’s biggest strength is probably the ecosystem and how much of the modern web runs on it.

Can you name a programming language better than JavaScript ?