Field notes on frontier open models.

Field notes on frontier open models — prices, benchmarks, and what we run in production.

2026-09-09 Why we built Wallaby — and where we're going Wallaby exists because access to frontier open-weight models is harder than it should be. What we run, what we charge, and reliability you can verify. PinnedCompany
2026-09-23 Kimi K3 in OpenHands: 5-minute setup Point OpenHands at the kimi-k3 reasoning model through an OpenAI-compatible API — one LLM profile, three fields, verified end to end on a real account. Tutorial
2026-09-21 AI remembers, you find: fixing AI memory rot AI memory rots mid-project: settled decisions get relitigated, files get invented. Wallaby-agent-rules v2 moves memory to plain, dated, sourced files. Playbook
2026-09-17 Kimi K3 in OpenCode: zero-config, in the catalog Run Kimi K3 in OpenCode with zero config — Wallaby is in the models.dev catalog. One env var, one model refresh, K3 is selectable. Verified end to end. Tutorial
2026-09-17 One endpoint, one bill: Kimi K3 for dev teams One endpoint, one bill: give every developer their own API key with a hard budget cap, all from one shared prepaid balance — no seat licenses, no surprise. Tutorial
2026-09-17 Union Alpha Free in OpenCode: how to try it Union Alpha Free in OpenCode: zero-cost model, 262k context, no key required. How to enable it, what we verified, and honest caveats before real work. Tutorial
2026-09-14 The cheapest API is the one you don't redo Per-token price is the visible cost of an LLM; rework is the bigger one. Why cost per accepted output is the unit that matters — and how to measure yours. Playbook
2026-09-13 Kimi K3 API pricing compared: 17 providers Kimi K3 API pricing compared: 17 providers, with input, cached-input and output prices per million tokens, plus a blended workload cost for coding agents. Guide
2026-09-13 AGENTS.md as a token budget: the forbidden list AGENTS.md is a Linux-Foundation standard read by 30+ coding agents. Used well it's a token budget — our full production playbook, forbidden list included. Playbook
2026-09-13 Kimi K3 in Codex CLI: profile-file setup Run Kimi K3 in OpenAI Codex CLI through Wallaby's API, using the profile file — one config file, verified end to end with a real coding task. Tutorial
2026-09-12 Kimi K3 in VS Code Copilot via BYOK: setup Point VS Code's Bring Your Own Key endpoint at an OpenAI-compatible API and run kimi-k3 in Copilot Chat agent mode — full setup with working configuration. Tutorial
2026-09-12 Kimi K3 in Cline: 5-minute BYOK setup Configure Cline to use the kimi-k3 reasoning model through Wallaby Token's OpenAI-compatible API. Working setup in under five minutes, verified end to end. Tutorial
2026-09-10 Kimi K3 in Hermes Agent: 4 lines of YAML Point Hermes Agent at the kimi-k3 reasoning model through Wallaby Token's OpenAI-compatible API. Verified end-to-end — chat and tool use both work. Tutorial
2026-09-09 Top up Wallaby Token: card, Apple & Google Pay How to add credit to your Wallaby Token account with a card, Apple Pay, or Google Pay — plus the pitfalls we hit ourselves when testing. Guide
2026-09-09 Kimi K3 in Claude Code: 5-minute setup Configure Claude Code to run Moonshot AI's kimi-k3 model through Wallaby Token's Anthropic-compatible endpoint, verified end-to-end. Tutorial
2026-09-09 Kimi K3 in Cursor: what blocks it, what works Running Kimi K3 in Cursor via an OpenAI-compatible endpoint hits two hard blocks today — here is exactly what we hit, and the setup that works instead. Tutorial