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- Jun 4I let DeepSeek read every pull request so I don't have toAI made writing code cheap, but reviewing it still eats my mornings. So I built a small tool that hands the first-pass pull request review to DeepSeek for about a dollar a day.3 min read
- May 16DeepSeek V4 Pro: 519 million tokens for $7Our four-dev team blew through Claude Code's weekly budget, so we pointed everything at DeepSeek V4 Pro instead. Twelve days and $7 later, here's how it stacks up against Opus 4.7 and Sonnet 4.6 — and why the timing matters.4 min read
- May 14Cutting Claude Code tokens by ~75% with caveman modeAn ultra-compressed prompt style that strips articles, filler, and pleasantries from Claude Code without losing technical substance. Here's what it costs, what it saves, and where it bites.6 min read
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