The team has been using the new qwen3-coder today and it is the first model outside of claude or gemini that is pretty consistently good. It still isn't the best, but for a fraction of the cost, it does really well. If you tried us before but were put off by the cost, it's time to try again.

Here's an anecdote from our CTO:

"It's still too early to declare a definitive winner, but it seems Claude is maintaining its leadership in coding capabilities. When tasked with converting an SVG to a React component with dark mode support, Qwen3-coder followed existing project file structuring but ended up creating multiple files: `components/ComponentName/index.tsx` and `components/ComponentName/ComponentName.tsx`. It also imported the `useTheme` hook and included light/dark mode logic in the code. Claude took a smarter approach, recognizing the simplicity of the component. It adhered to the project's file organization by creating a single file, `components/ui/ComponentName.tsx`, and used Tailwind classes like `fill-black dark:fill-white` for a cleaner, more streamlined solution."