Cloud economics
Vercel pricing 2026: the real 30-day bill
Three modeled 30-day Vercel bills, the $0.15-per-GB meter that actually moves the number, and when Hobby, a VPS, or a bundled host wins.
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AI economics
Claude Code pricing 2026: real 30-day bill for a solo dev, a team, and an agency
Three real 30-day Claude Code bills, the 5.5x token-efficiency math, and when the $200 Max plan beats the API.
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AI economics
OpenRouter pricing 2026: real 30-day bill vs direct providers
OpenRouter takes 5.5% on credit purchases with a $0.80 minimum, then passes provider rates through. Here is the real 30-day bill across Anthropic, OpenAI, and Mistral at four workload mixes, with the anti-patterns where the routing tax stops being worth it.
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freelance economics
Effective hourly rate 2026: the only freelance number that matters
Your billable rate is a sticker price. Your effective hourly rate is the truth. A 2026 cohort breakdown of billable vs effective across five real freelance brackets, plus the math.
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Pricing teardowns
Cursor vs Claude Code: the real 30-day bill (2026)
Sticker is $20 for both. At a 5-engineer team shipping 100 pull requests a month in June 2026, the all-in 30-day bill diverges. Here is the honest math.
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AI cost
AI app builder cost in 2026: 6 platforms billed for 30 days
The sticker on Lovable, Bolt, v0, Replit, Cursor, and Totalum is between $20 and $79. The 30-day bill on a real reference workload is $69 to $270. Here is what each pricing page leaves off, with the math.
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