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Flint vs DeepSeek V4.1 Flash

6 prompts both ran·Specs and numbers·Change models

Flint took 10 min 5 s and was free at list price, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash took 9 min 16 s and $0.063 at list price. Flint took 1.1× as long.

Flint

Recursive · free route · 36 HN pts

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash

DeepSeek · $0.50/M out · 1,482 HN pts

Pelican

Generate an SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle

Flint's SVG for the "Pelican riding a bicycle" prompt

Flint

43 sfree5.6k tokensAPI
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash's SVG for the "Pelican riding a bicycle" prompt

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash

38 s$0.00613k tokensAPI

Watch

Draw a mechanical wristwatch that shows the current local time, with a sweeping seconds hand and a date window. Make it look expensive.

Still of Flint's page for the "Wristwatch that shows the current time" prompt

Flint

2 min 11 sfree18k tokensAPI
Still of DeepSeek V4.1 Flash's page for the "Wristwatch that shows the current time" prompt

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash

3 min 14 s$0.01427k tokensAPI

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.

Still of Flint's page for the "Landing page for a cargo bike workshop" prompt

Flint

2 min 52 sfree22k tokensAPI
Still of DeepSeek V4.1 Flash's page for the "Landing page for a cargo bike workshop" prompt

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash

1 min 51 s$0.01938k tokensAPI

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.

Still of Flint's page for the "Playable Breakout" prompt

Flint

2 min 19 sfree18k tokensAPI
Still of DeepSeek V4.1 Flash's page for the "Playable Breakout" prompt

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash

2 min 25 s$0.01631k tokensAPI

Design a logo for Night Heron, an independent bookshop that only opens after dark.

Flint's SVG for the "Bookshop logo" prompt

Flint

1 min 47 sfree13k tokensAPI
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash's SVG for the "Bookshop logo" prompt

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash

61 s$0.00816k tokensAPI

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.

Flint

13 sfree1.5k tokensAPI

Patchbay is a three-person studio in Rotterdam dedicated to the care, repair, and resurrection of vintage synthesizers. We started in a small workshop near the Maas, surrounded by oscillators, patch cables, and service manuals, because these instruments deserve more than dusty shelves and hasty fixes. Between us, we have decades of experience in electronics, sound design, and restoration, but we approach every machine with the same curiosity: listen first, trace the signal, understand the history, then bring it back to life. Whether it's a crackly filter, a dead voice card, a drifting oscillator, or a power supply that needs rebuilding, we work carefully, honestly, and with respect for original character. We also advise on maintenance, calibrate tuning and envelopes, and source hard-to-find parts when possible. At Patchbay, repair isn't just about making sound again. It's about keeping these instruments making music for decades to come.

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash

7 s<$0.001965 tokensAPI

Specs and numbers

FlintDeepSeek V4.1 Flash
MakerRecursiveDeepSeek
Made inUSChina
Released21 Oct 202610 Sep 2026
Price in, per M tokensfree route (list $0/M)$0.045
Price out, per M tokensfree route (list $0/M)$0.50
Context262,144 tokens1,048,576 tokens
Weightsopenopen
Hacker News points361,482
Time for the six prompts10 min 5 s9 min 16 s
List price of the six promptsfree$0.063

Flint was free at list price; DeepSeek V4.1 Flash cost $0.063. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash was faster: 49 s less in total, and faster on 4 of the 6 prompts.

In the recording, Flint's Breakout game loads but doesn't start; DeepSeek V4.1 Flash's plays.

Tea Garden experiment: Flint's game passed 5 of 5 checks; DeepSeek V4.1 Flash was not in it.

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