What is your current "daily driver" coding model? (July 2026)

A July 2026 developer forum thread compared daily coding AI assistants, with choices ranging from open-source models to premium closed models.

Some developers said they use Gemma 4 via Ollama or test Kimi K3, while others rely on Gemini, Claude Sonnet, Claude Opus 5, or GPT-5.6.

A number of commenters said they avoid AI for critical coding and reserve it for scripting, prototyping, or research instead.

The discussion highlights the tradeoffs developers weigh most: cost, token limits, workflow fit, and coding quality.