Flint vs LFM2.5-24B-A2B
Flint took 7 min 54 s and was free at list price, LFM2.5-24B-A2B took 57 s and $0.020 at list price. Flint took 8.4× as long.
Flint
Recursive · free route · 36 HN pts
LFM2.5-24B-A2B
LiquidAI · $0.70/M out · 292 HN pts
Pelican
Generate an SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle
Landing
Build the landing page for Lumen Cycles, a Copenhagen workshop that builds custom cargo bikes to order. Make it look like a real brand you would trust with 4,000 euros.
Breakout
Make a Breakout game I can play right now with the keyboard or the mouse. Give it several levels, a score and some juice.
Logo
Design a logo for Night Heron, an independent bookshop that only opens after dark.
About
Write the opening of the About us page for Patchbay, a three-person studio in Rotterdam that repairs vintage synthesizers. About 150 words.
Patchbay began in a small, cluttered workshop in Rotterdam, where solder smoke and old capacitors seem to belong together. We are a three-person studio, which means every synthesizer that comes through our door is handled by one of the same people who started the project. No call center, no hand-off to strangers. We repair vintage synthesizers: the dusty analog beasts, the rare oddities, the ones with missing knobs and mysterious tuning drift. Our work is part electronics, part archaeology, part stubborn love. We listen to the hum before we open the case, and we believe most vintage synths are not dead, just waiting for someone to pay attention. In a city known for moving quickly, we prefer taking our time. Patchbay exists to keep old voices alive, one oscillator, filter, and power supply at a time. If you have a synth that sings, whispers, or hums through the decades, we would be glad to meet it.
Patchbay is a small, three‑person studio in Rotterdam dedicated to bringing vintage synthesizers back to life. Founded by longtime gear enthusiasts, we combine hands‑on craftsmanship with a deep knowledge of analog electronics to restore, calibrate, and enhance instruments that have been out of tune for decades. Our workshop is a place where old circuitry meets modern precision, and where each repair is treated as a chance to learn something new about the machines we love. We work closely with musicians, collectors, and repair shops across the Netherlands, offering personalized service that respects the history and character of each instrument. By preserving the sonic quirks of classic synths, we help artists keep the sounds that shaped electronic music alive today. At Patchbay, the goal is simple: keep the past humming and give it a future. Our three‑person team blends electronics expertise, music production insight, and meticulous restoration craft.
Specs and numbers
| Flint | LFM2.5-24B-A2B | |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Recursive | LiquidAI |
| Made in | US | US |
| Released | 21 Oct 2026 | 13 Oct 2026 |
| Price in, per M tokens | free route (list $0/M) | $0.05 |
| Price out, per M tokens | free route (list $0/M) | $0.70 |
| Context | 262,144 tokens | 128,000 tokens |
| Weights | open | open |
| Hacker News points | 36 | 292 |
| Time for the five prompts | 7 min 54 s | 57 s |
| List price of the five prompts | free | $0.020 |
Flint was free at list price; LFM2.5-24B-A2B cost $0.020. LFM2.5-24B-A2B was faster: 6 min 57 s less in total, and faster on each of the 5 prompts.
In the recording, Flint's Breakout game loads but doesn't start; LFM2.5-24B-A2B's stopped painting. LFM2.5-24B-A2B's landing page was cut off at the output limit (8,192 tokens). LFM2.5-24B-A2B's Breakout game was cut off at the output limit (8,192 tokens). LFM2.5-24B-A2B has no watch: no file after 2 runs, used all 8,192 output tokens.
Tea Garden experiment: Flint's game passed 5 of 5 checks; LFM2.5-24B-A2B was not in it.



