Coding Workflow Cuts Costs by 80%
natesiggard · x · 2026-07-14
The author used to burn through about $1000 worth of tokens on Cursor every month.
Their new workflow:
- Using Fable + subscription GPT-5.6 to handle markdown/writing outputs for the same prompts
- Letting Fable coordinate and build the PR
- Having GPT-5.6 review the PR
This brings the total cost to about $200/month; even with the Cursor subscription added, the setup achieves overall savings of 80%+.
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