The cost of the task scales with how long it takes, plus or minus.
Substitute “cost” with “time” in the above post and all of the same tips are still valuable.
I don’t do much agentic LLM coding but the speed (or lack thereof) was one of my least favorite parts. Using any tricks that narrow scope, prevent reprocessing files over and over again, or searching through the codebase are all helpful even if you don’t care about the dollar amount.
Substitute “cost” with “time” in the above post and all of the same tips are still valuable.
I don’t do much agentic LLM coding but the speed (or lack thereof) was one of my least favorite parts. Using any tricks that narrow scope, prevent reprocessing files over and over again, or searching through the codebase are all helpful even if you don’t care about the dollar amount.