DeepSeek
Chinese open LLM with strong chat and coding at low cost.
About this tool
DeepSeek is easy to reach from China and cheap — my go-to for scripts, SQL tweaks, and error explanations.
Often beats generic chat on CN stack questions; still never upload secret repos wholesale.
Affordable API for side automations — translation batches, log triage in n8n.
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