2) Not really, the value proposition on the subs are just so much greater.
3) I'm using Claude Code and Codex, crucially thru Muster[0] which I've been working on. It's a herdr inspired Libghostty-powered terminal which understands agents you're running, helps you manage them, supports remote devenvs, and it provides a CLI for agents to spawn, work, and message each other, no matter the harness and across machines.
4) I'm working on my own factory atm, which combines Muster and Kan[1] which is a offline, Kanban-as-plain-files-in-VCS project I'm working on and happens to work really well with agents. I recently added card dependencies to Kan and a kan ready command so I can have director agents orchestrate and hand out tasks based on what's ready and prioritized in Kan.
5) Not at this time. I played around with dots but I haven't been convinced it can do anything for me that my own solutions aren't better at.
Nice! I am guessing the intended use is on developers' own machines, not putting on a server and live co-editing in a team meeting. Pls. let me know if I have misunderstood. Thanks.