alt Hacker NewsClaude lovers tend to be either early adopters not well informed/lazy to experiment ("why, it's still the best, right?"), or millionaires or devs with unlimited budgets, who often ask on HN "why would you use anything else than Opus on xhigh".
I was handed 150$/mo budget and no subs, and while it was frustrating at first, with better tooling, context management and especially OAI models it's a breeze now and not even using 70% mostly while achieving a lot in a small team.
Having limited resources teaches you a lot.
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handfuloflight • today at 6:31 AM
> A limited budget teaches you a lot.
Absolutely.
> I was handed 150$/mo budget and no subs, and while it was frustrating at first, with better tooling, context management and especially OAI models it's a breeze now and not even using 70% mostly while achieving a lot in a small team.
It's great that the project/team you were in had skills/cycles to do it.
In many cases this is pure yak shaving so to speak. Consider an embedded project where there are tons of tedious things to be tied together; Also, the project velocity is more important than saving another 1k per year. The decision not to switch is the smart choice in many cases.