DeepSeek V4.1 Flash free vs paid on animated water rendering

Side-by-side test: the paid tier renders tiny animated ocean waves while the free one shows no visible water, with the author joking the savings cost an afternoon of code fixing.

Fazley | AI Lab

@itsfazleyArchived 12 days agoOriginally posted 2026.10.18

Fazley | AI Lab @itsfazleyOriginally posted 2026.10.18

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DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: Free vs. Paid. Top: No visible water. Bottom: Tiny ocean waves, animated water One costs $0.15/M tokens. The other costs your afternoon fixing the code. 💀 Worth paying for? 👇

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