Indeed, switching partially from Cursor to Claude Code increased the bill by a lot! Fortunately I use Claude Code mostly at work and I had no trouble to convince my boss to pay for it. But I’m still not sure how I’ll continue building side projects with Claude Code. Not sure I want to spend $20 each time I want to bootstrap an app in an evening just for fun…

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k9294 3 days ago | parent [-]

Why not to subscribe to pro or max? I calculated my CC usage this month (I'm on a Max 200$ plan), it’s close to 2.5k$... Its just crazy to use API at price right now.

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roessland 3 days ago | parent [-]

I wish I could, but they banned me and won't disclose why.

That being said, Claude Code produces the best code I've seen from an AI coding agent, and the subscriptions are a steal.

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jstummbillig 3 days ago | parent [-]

I heard Codex CLI is doing good things now, might give that a go (I have not yet).

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