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// AI_CODING_GUIDES

SYSTEM INITIALIZED: Budget-friendly AI development workflows and coding guides. Free and low-cost tools, real workflows, and evolving playbooks.

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[2026-06-07]

Token cost is jacked — investors want their money

A June 2026 roundup of free & cheap AI coding resources — Poolside, Mistral Vibe CLI, Nvidia NIM, and budget picks...

[2026-05-15]

May 2026: Oh My Pi, Opencode Go, and AI Coding Price Increases

A May 2026 budget AI coding update covering Oh My Pi, Opencode Go, DeepSeek v4, MiniMax M2.7, GLM 5.1, and the...

[2026-03-02]

Alibaba Coding Plan: $3/month for Claude Code with Qwen, Kimi, GLM & More

A quick look at Alibaba's Coding Plan — $3/month for access to Qwen, Kimi, GLM, and MiniMax models via Claude Code...

[2026-02-04]

February 2026: Deepseek v3.2 in Claude Code, minor updates about how to stay low cost

February 2026: AI Updates - Claude Code strategies, Deepseek v3.2, cost-saving workflows, and multilingual tools

[2025-12-09]

November 2025: Cost / Lean AI Coding Updates

November 2025 updates: free & cheap coding models (Minimax M2, Ling 1T, Ring 1T, Longcat, Kimi K2), cost hacks and...

[2025-09-01]

How I Code with AI on a Budget/Free – September 2025 Edition

A deep-dive into my 2025 AI coding stack using GLM 4.5, Gemini 2.5 Pro, Cline and AI Code Prep.

[2025-07-01]

My AI Code Prep & Cline Workflow for Budget Coding/Debugging

A personal guide on using AI Code Prep GUI, Cline, and various free AI web interfaces like Gemini, Grok, Deepseek,...

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[2026-05-29]

📝 How Agent Harnesses Edit Files

A field guide to how agent harnesses — Cline, Codex, OpenCode, ADK-Rust, Reasonix, CodeWhale,...

[2026-05-29]

🤖 Agent Harness Field Guide

A deep dive into how Pochi, Neovate Code, Mux, Crush, Kimi Code CLI, Qwen Code, OpenHands,...

[2026-02-12]

🧭 Purpose Driven Development

Notes on using short purpose sentences to keep coding agents on track.

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