A weekend rewrite burned just 2/7 of a $200 Anthropic subscription
lucasmeijer · x · 2026-10-20
Lucas Meijer reveals his weekend-long AI-assisted code rewrite consumed only about 2/7 of his weekly $200 Anthropic subscription — effectively "real-time" cost in subscription terms. A concrete data point for anyone wondering whether agentic coding on a top-tier plan can shoulder a mid-sized refactor: it can, with quota to spare.
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