Viral 'caveman speak' token-saver launches Caveman Code, claims 25-50% off coding bills
ycombinator · x · 2026-11-14
Julius's open-source project @UseCaveman made the AI talk like a caveman to cut token usage—originally a joke to get his AI bill under his grocery bill. It now has 120k GitHub stars (passing Gemini CLI) and is used by a third of the Fortune 500.
It has now grown into a full coding agent, Caveman Code: supports all mainstream models and claims to save 25-50% of your coding bill without any effort. Author's comparison on the same model and one day of connected-app work: Claude Code $7.65 vs Caveman Code $1.83.
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