AI Coding Cost per Commit Fell From $3 to $0.33 in Three Months Across Claude, Sol, Kimi
Teknium · x · 2026-09-23
Developer heysamir shares three months of AI coding cost data: July 2026 with Claude 4.8 via Replit cost $3/commit ($1K/mo, 10 commits/day); August with Sol 4.6 via t3dotcodes dropped to $0.75/commit ($350/mo, 15.5 commits/day); September with Kimi K3 via Nous Research's Hermes hit $0.33/commit ($175/mo, 17.5 commits/day). Output kept rising while cost halved each month. He also argues the control plane matters for speed and workflow, endorsing Nous Research's Hermes and planning an iOS client.
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