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Re:Use Copilot Agent Mode in Visual Studio (Preview) by runekaagaard on Monday June 16, 2025 @02:18PM (#44292012)
My sweet spot at the moment is Claude Desktop with mcp servers for editing and aider --watch for quick fixes. Claude Code uses way, way, way too many tokens on the large project i work most on.
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Re:Use Copilot Agent Mode in Visual Studio (Preview) by CharlesW on Monday June 16, 2025 @02:24PM (#44292085)
> Claude Code uses way, way, way too many tokens on the large project i work most on.

That's a very fair critique, and it makes the pay-as-you-go pricing model (vs. one of their subscription options) a completely unrealistic option for doing anything serious with Claude Code.

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Re:Use Copilot Agent Mode in Visual Studio (Preview) by dist-epoch on Monday June 16, 2025 @02:39PM (#44292220)
You don't get paid for programming?
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Re:Use Copilot Agent Mode in Visual Studio (Preview) by runekaagaard on Tuesday June 17, 2025 @02:02PM (#44301953)
Luckily i do, but i mean it triggers the api limit in 10 minutes amount of tokens
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Re:Use Copilot Agent Mode in Visual Studio (Preview) by himeexcelanta on Monday June 16, 2025 @02:20PM (#44292034)
Get one of the max plans! It pays for itself.
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