It's very easy to use other providers. See https://openrouter.ai/ which also let's you filter by where the provider is hosted and their data retention policy. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 month ago

If you want to try it yourself: grab OpenCode, point it at OpenRouter, select GLM 5.2, and give it a real task instead of a benchmark. The z.ai docs have the rest of the details. - Source: dev.to / about 1 month ago

Hosted, minimal ops. You want to be calling models in five minutes and you are fine paying a small fee for it. OpenRouter is the marketplace default — 400+ models, ~5.5% on credits. Vercel AI Gateway and Cloudflare AI Gateway go further and charge 0% markup, billing you at provider list price while adding routing and caching on top. - Source: dev.to / about 1 month ago

I use OpenRouter as the single door to a pile of models. Its BYOK (bring-your-own-key) feature has a trap. You add your own OpenAI key for a model, flip on "Always use for this provider," and read that as never spend OpenRouter credits. It doesn't mean that. - Source: dev.to / about 1 month ago

Developer gateways - MegaLLM, Portkey, LiteLLM, OpenRouter. The pitch is reliability, failover, cost, analytics. They are headless: you get an API, you bring your own interface. Great for shipping code, nothing to actually use without building a client first. - Source: dev.to / about 2 months ago

Check out: https://explodingtopics.com/ (not related to them in any way). - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago

Sounds pretty similar to the situation I found myself in. I discovered a few newsletters/tools: trending insights (free), exploding topics ($39/mo), and trends.co ($300/ yr). Source: almost 3 years ago

I also recommend subscribing to newsletters like new venture weekly (free) or Exploding Topics (freemium) for business ideas. Source: almost 3 years ago

Best to start with what you're good at doing, check websites like exploding topics and answer the public to see if there is hype/market around your skillset. Get started by helping people in that niche for free, use AI tools to supercharge your work and find clients. Rinse and repeat until you start making money. Source: about 3 years ago

There are places that can even help you find the perfect niche to go into like exploding niches, exploding topics to name a few. Source: about 3 years ago