Coding Tools Audit on No Semicolonshttps://nosemicolons.com/tags/coding-tools-audit/Recent content in Coding Tools Audit on No SemicolonsHugoen-usSun, 11 Oct 2026 14:31:02 +0000The AI Code Generation Model Switching Audit: How I Tracked $47K in Hidden Costs Across 8 Development Toolshttps://nosemicolons.com/posts/ai-code-generation-model-switching-audit-hidden-costs/Sun, 11 Oct 2026 14:31:02 +0000https://nosemicolons.com/posts/ai-code-generation-model-switching-audit-hidden-costs/<p>Ever wondered what you&rsquo;re <em>actually</em> spending on AI coding tools? I thought I had a handle on my development costs until I decided to audit six months of AI-assisted coding across my team. What I found made me rethink everything about how we budget for AI development.</p> <p>Spoiler alert: that &ldquo;cheap&rdquo; $20/month Copilot subscription was just the tip of the iceberg.</p> <h2 id="the-great-ai-expense-hunt-begins">The Great AI Expense Hunt Begins</h2> <p>It started innocently enough. Our startup&rsquo;s burn rate seemed higher than expected, and I noticed we had subscriptions to what felt like every AI coding tool under the sun. GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude, GPT-4, Replit, Tabnine, CodeWhisperer, and Codeium — we were living the AI-first development dream.</p>