Trying the new MiniMax M3 model via OpenCode
MiniMax M3 was released a day ago, and currently it's available in OpenCode for free for the last 2-3 days (yes, from even before the release). I, finally, gave it a try and it's so good, at least at UI design.
For example, I created this website using just two prompts (will share below) and it looks stunning. I am damn sure that Codex could never do this, and it's just Opus 4.8 level design but a lot cheaper. I have also taken a full page screenshot that you see here.
And if you're curious, prompts were:
Prompt 1:
create a stunning personal website for a developer. use dummy info. don't use any framework.
Prompt 2:
make it in light mode and don't use serif fonts. and make the design and ui even better.
After seeing it work great at the UI design, I asked it to redesign the entire dashboard for a new project I am working on, and it did a great job. I approved the plan and left it overnight, where it should have worked for a few hours and then when I woke up in the morning, it was ready. It had several minor errors which Codex quickly fixed, and I loved the overall UI and UX it did. I will soon be merging the new branch to the main.
For all these things, I used it for free via OpenCode (for a limited time), but if you wanted to try MiniMax M3, they have a very generous plan on their official website. Their $20/mo plan can get you up to ~1.6 billion tokens when you use the new M3 model. MiniMax has also released a desktop app called MiniMax Code and is currently available for macOS as well as Windows. It looks very similar to the Codex app, though.
By the way, since MiniMax M3 is an open-weight model, you can also try the new model via any other inference provider like OpenRouter and others.
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