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Coding Agents in 2026: Three Hard Lessons HN Developers Learned the Expensive Way

From $1.8M AWS bills to invisible security holes, Hacker News developers are sharing the painful realities nobody puts in the laun…

How to Run Coding Agents with Ollama: The Complete Local Setup Guide

Stop paying per token. This guide covers installing Ollama, picking the right local model, and wiring it into Claude Code, OpenCod…

AI Customers Are Coming Around to 'Small Is Beautiful' — And That Reshapes the Coding-Agent Stack

A new analysis argues hyperscalers are quietly replacing frontier Swiss Army Knife models with smaller, purpose-built ones. For co…

Claude Code's 50% Weekly Limit Boost Runs Through July 19 — Here's Who Qualifies

Anthropic extended its Claude Code weekly-limit promotion: eligible plans now get 50% higher weekly usage through July 19, 2026. T…

Beware: Your Coding Agent Is Silently Burning Quota on the Wrong Model

Two fresh GitHub issues show coding agents quietly multiplying your usage and ignoring your model settings. Here's how to catch th…

Claude Code Keeps Auto-Retrying After Hitting Token Limits — Your Bill is the Only Warning

A newly filed Claude Code bug shows the agent silently retrying forever after hitting API usage limits. No error. No stop. Just a …

What Coding Agents Actually Cost You Per Month

The subscriptions are visible. The token bills are not. Here's a realistic look at what different coding agents cost when you fact…