LLM proxy vs LLM gateway for Claude Code and Codex
Gateways route and meter; compression proxies shrink. What each does for Claude Code and Codex teams, and when to use both.
Guides
LLM proxy security: is a Claude Code proxy safe?
What a proxy between your agent and the model can see, what to ask any vendor, and how to evaluate data retention and security.
Claude Code subscription vs API: which is cheaper?
When a Pro or Max plan beats pay-as-you-go API billing for Claude Code, and when it flips.
Claude Code cost per developer: budgeting AI coding for a team
What AI coding agents cost per engineer, why spend is so uneven across a team, and how to track, cap and cut it.
Claude API pricing explained: cost per million tokens
Why input tokens dominate agent bills, how cache reads and writes are priced, and how to estimate a session's cost.
How to check Claude Code token usage per session, project and developer
Every way to see where Claude Code tokens go: /cost, /status, /context, OpenTelemetry, usage dashboards and dense info.
Prompt caching in Claude Code: how it works, what it costs
How prompt caching works in Claude Code and Codex, what it does and does not save, and how compression stacks on top.
How to reduce Claude Code token usage: 11 fixes that work
Where Claude Code tokens actually go, and the habits, settings and tools that cut them without making the agent worse.
Cursor vs Claude Code pricing: usage limits and real cost
How Cursor's request and credit model compares with Claude subscriptions and API billing, and which wastes less.
Context engineering for coding agents: a practical playbook
How to decide what goes into an agent's context window: instructions, memory, tool results, compaction and compression.
Codex vs Claude Code: usage limits, cost and which lasts longer
How ChatGPT plan limits for Codex compare with Claude plan limits for Claude Code, and how to stretch either one.
Claude Code cost per month: plans vs API pricing
Claude Code on Pro, Max or API keys: what each costs, what a heavy month looks like, and where the money goes.
Best token compression tools for Claude Code and Codex (2026)
A fair comparison of token and context compression options: built-in compaction, LLMLingua, rtk, Headroom, prompt caching and Condense.
rtk vs Headroom vs Condense: token savers for Claude Code compared
Three ways to cut Claude Code tokens, what each one compresses, and the one Terminal-Bench run we have on cost per solved task.
Tool output is eating your context: compress test logs, diffs and grep results
Why bash output, test logs and JSON tool results dominate agent context, and how to trim them without hiding the error.
Claude Code limit reached too fast? Why it runs out
Hit your Claude Code limit after an hour? Here is what eats the 5-hour and weekly allowance, and what actually stretches it.
Claude Pro vs Max: is Claude Max worth it? (5x vs 20x)
Who actually needs Max, who is fine on Pro, and how to get more out of whichever plan you are on before upgrading.
Claude Code usage limits: weekly and 5-hour limit resets
How the 5-hour session window and the weekly cap work, how to check what you have left, and what to do when you hit them.
Claude Code MCP token usage and CLAUDE.md size
How tool definitions, MCP servers and large CLAUDE.md files eat context before you type, and how to measure and trim them.
Claude Code context window full? What it means and what to do
What fills the Claude Code context window, what auto-compact does when it runs out, and how to keep long sessions usable.
Prompt compression techniques: LLMLingua and code
How prompt compression methods work, why most research benchmarks are not coding agents, and what holds up on real repos.
What is context compression? A practical guide for LLM agents
Context compression, token compression and compaction explained: the methods, the trade-offs, and how to tell if it hurt your agent.
What is context rot? Why coding agents get worse
Why agents get dumber as sessions grow, what the research says about long-context degradation, and how to keep quality up.
Codex usage limits: 5-hour and weekly limits, reset times
What counts against Codex CLI limits on ChatGPT Plus and Pro, when they reset, and practical ways to burn less.
Claude Code /compact vs /clear: when to use each, and why auto-compact forgets things
What /compact keeps and throws away, how to write compact instructions, and when a clean /clear is better.