Claude

Throughout March, I was constantly testing between various large model API hubs. It is indeed cheap. You can test out foreign models like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini for a small amount of money per month, which at first glance seems like finding an extremely cost-effective solution. However, after actually using it, I increasingly feel that this path has always been constrained by an impossible triangle: Quality, Stability, and Affordability—it is difficult for all three to be achieved simultaneously. By last weekend, the situation became quite clear. During the two days from 2026-03-28 to 2026-03-29, I felt a noticeable tightening of risk controls on ChatGPT channels, and Claude was no different. Many low-cost relays that were previously usable suddenly became unstable or even completely failed. For me, this basically signaled the temporary end of the low-cost API relay model.

This site is developed using Hugo, but I’ve always used Chinese titles, which results in less friendly generated article links. In simpler terms, when shared, they don’t look as good because the Chinese characters are escaped into formats like %E4%BD%A0%E5%A5%BD within the links. While you can solve this by setting a slug, it’s tedious to do manually every time.

Therefore, I decided to try using Claude4 to develop a translation assistant that automatically converts Chinese titles to English slugs and adds hyperlinks within the articles. This would eliminate the need for manual setup.