The latest articles on DEV Community by Thiyan (@mrspidey). https://dev.to/mrspidey https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4016235%2F90d4733b-efff-4958-bfc7-fd9ee9f42eee.png https://dev.to/mrspidey en Thiyan Sun, 05 Jul 2026 13:29:32 +0000 https://dev.to/mrspidey/i-got-a-ps340-ai-bill-i-didnt-see-coming-so-i-built-a-vs-code-extension-to-fix-it-j18 https://dev.to/mrspidey/i-got-a-ps340-ai-bill-i-didnt-see-coming-so-i-built-a-vs-code-extension-to-fix-it-j18 <p>Last month I got a $340 bill from Anthropic. I knew I'd been using Claude a lot but had no idea it had gotten that high. The usage dashboard is fine but you only check it after the damage is done.</p> <p>So I built something that shows the cost per call in your VS Code status bar as it happens. It runs a local proxy, you point your SDK at it with one env var, no code changes. Nothing leaves your machine.</p> <p>Would love to know if anyone else has had this problem or found a better way to deal with it.</p> <p><a href="https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=tokenlens.tokenpulse" rel="noopener noreferrer">Install TokenLens</a></p> ai vscode productivity webdev