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Edit: Someone in the comments asked for a TL;DR, so here it is.

Every day, without fail, I see posts from developers optimizing their Claude Code token usage.

Since I went all-in on vibe coding — around the time Claude 3.5 Sonnet made agentic AI editors genuinely useful — I’ve noticed that my technology selection process has settled into a repeatable, opinionated pattern.

There is a certain kind of tool that generates enormous excitement in the developer community not necessarily because it solves a pressing problem, but because it is built with the right technology, by the right people, at a moment when developers are hun…

Introduction Let me start by clarifying something: I’m not a luddite.

Introduction I’ve been working with Streamlit for a while now, primarily collaborating with non-technical teams.

Introduction In the fast-paced world of software development, we often focus on technical debt - the compromises we make in our code for short-term gains.

What is Vibe Coding?

The Vanishing Web Remember GeoCities?

TL;DR After three months of using Cursor, I switched to Windsurf and found it to be more cost-effective with its unlimited Cascade Base model performing very close to Claude 3.5 Sonnet.