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Stop Over-Thinking AI Subscriptions – Peter Steinberger
After spending heavily on AI tools for two months, here's why the math actually works out—and which subscriptions are worth every penny.
I’ve been working heavily with AI for the past few months, and many times when I post something on Twitter, the replies are predictable: “Oh my god, how much did you pay for that?” Most everyday coding works perfectly fine in Normal mode where each message to Gemini 2.5 Pro (my favorite model) costs exactly 1 request. Claude Max at $200 is currently the cheapest way I know to mint extra hours—and those hours compound faster than any SaaS line item ever will.
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