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Use Qwen3-Coder with Aider for cheap, git-native pair programming. DashScope config, model flags, big-context editing, pricing and coding plan, and the fixes.
Alibaba Coding Plan vs pay-per-token for Qwen: the ~$50/month plan with 90k requests and bundled models, versus DashScope token billing. How to pick by your usage.
Run Qwen3-Coder-480B on Cerebras through OpenCode for extremely fast agentic coding. Provider config, API key, model ID, why Cerebras is fast, pricing, and fixes.
Qwen3 Max API pricing explained, plus how to use it cheaper: cache discounts, the Alibaba coding plan, and when qwen3-coder-plus or qwen3.5-plus is the better buy.
Install and run Qwen Code CLI on Windows. Node setup, API key from DashScope, model config, first task, pricing and coding plan, and the common fixes.
Use Qwen3-Coder with Codex CLI inside WSL on Windows. DashScope config.toml provider, wire_api, big-context coding, pricing and coding plan, and fixes.
Run Qwen3-Coder with Claude Code on Windows via Claude Code Router and Alibaba's DashScope. API key, config, big-context coding, pricing and coding plan, and fixes.
Configure OpenCode to use DeepSeek, GLM, Kimi, or Qwen through custom providers. opencode.json with the OpenAI-compatible SDK, model IDs, API keys, and fixes.
Configure OpenAI Codex CLI to use DeepSeek, Qwen, GLM, or Kimi through config.toml. Custom model_providers, base URLs, env keys, and the wire-protocol gotcha explained.
Install and configure Claude Code Router on Windows to route Claude Code to DeepSeek, GLM, Qwen, Kimi, and more. Full config.json, per-task routing, and fixes.
Run Claude Code on cheaper models like DeepSeek, GLM, Kimi, and Qwen. The three connection methods, pricing and coding plans compared, and how to set it up on Windows.