One big pain point is not seeing the thinking trace. I noticed using pi with a self hosted model that I could spot, stop and correct my prompt much faster. With claude etc I have to first wait for it to think 3 minutes and then notice it got completely off the path I wanted.
I still use a plan, because my local model is not as smart as opus, but I can iterate much faster.
I still use a plan, because my local model is not as smart as opus, but I can iterate much faster.