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I Spent $500 in a Week on AI-Assisted Coding. Here's What I Learned About Not Doing That.

Large contexts, MAX mode, Opus 4.6 Thinking — the most powerful AI coding tools are also the most expensive. After a brutal invoice, I figured out how to get 90% of the performance at 20% of the cost.

Durval Pereira

January 20, 20269 min