qzira

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by qzira 6mo ago
Built a BYOK API gateway after getting an unexpected bill from an overnight agent run — hard budget enforcement at the infra layer, not just alerts. Been running it myself for ~10 months, just opened it up.
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Show HN: I built a BYOK AI gateway after a 100x Cloudflare KV cost mistake(qzira.com)
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by qzira 6mo ago
That's a very real concern. For a long time programming felt like a craft: you build something, run it, improve it. Agent workflows introduce a different kind of work. You're not just building anymore, you're supervising. Som
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by qzira 6mo ago
That's a really good analogy. The interesting part is that the "intern" is not only fast, but also extremely confident. A human intern usually hesitates, asks questions, or signals uncertainty when they are unsure. Agents oft
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by qzira 6mo ago
I think a lot of people feel this tension. Programming used to be mostly about building things directly. You write code, run it, fix it, repeat. With agents it starts to shift toward supervision: define the task, watch the output, correct t
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by qzira 6mo ago
When people talk about AI increasing developer productivity, they usually focus on the coding part. In my experience, the bigger change happens after the code is written. When you move from writing code to supervising agents, your output in
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by qzira 6mo ago
Exactly! The feeling of creating something just because you want to, not because you have to, is rare. It's worth holding onto.
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by qzira 7mo ago
This resonates. The emotional side of returning to coding is real. With Claude Code specifically, I've noticed that the longer it runs autonomously, the more cost anxiety creeps in. You stop thinking about the problem and start watchin
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by qzira 7mo ago
One thing I've noticed when running Claude Code in production is that the choice of tools matters less than the cost controls around them. Claude Code can generate surprisingly large API bills when running autonomously overnight. I end
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by qzira 7mo ago
This matches what I observed running AI agents overnight for content generation. The temptation is always to add cost controls inside the application — but that logic doesn't survive when the agent goes off-script. The fear of a 3am