K3
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
3recommend
0warn against
Jul 20, 2026first mention
Oct 6, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“K3 has been my daily driver for a month or two now and it's dramatically reduced token spend”
“I've been happy experimenting with K3-medium as my default”
does security hardening of own serviceon “Ask HN: What default model do you use and why?”
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“First open model I haven't had the itch to leave on the shelf.”
switched from Opuson “It's not a fear of "AI communism"; it's a fear of co…”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
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Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
- Mistral Large 4 1 mention
- Ask HN: What default model do you use and why? 1 mention
- It's not a fear of "AI communism"; it's a fear of competitive market capitalism 1 mention
- Kimi Work 1 mention
Data: k3.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 4
“K3 has been my daily driver for a month or two now and it's dramatically reduced token spend”
“I've been happy experimenting with K3-medium as my default”
“First open model I haven't had the itch to leave on the shelf.”
“the model is really, really good”