Coding on a budget. Free. Cheap.Curated list of open-source tools, free-tier strategies, and local runtimes for cost-efficient AI- assisted coding. Covers LLM model selection, API gateway routing, token compression (up to 90% reduction), MCP context servers, agent quality guardrails, self-hosted inference, and pricing intelligence with grants.
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