Show HN: I built an AI coding agent 50% cheaper than Claude Code (same prompts)

Category: devtools

Tags: ai-coding-agent, developer-tools, llm-optimization

Score: 6.8/10 (Innovation: 7, Technical: 6, Documentation: 7, Utility: 7)

Vix is an AI coding agent that implements Claude Code's explore/plan/execute workflow with optimizations like stem agents and a virtual filesystem to reduce token usage by ~50% while maintaining similar output quality. It's interesting because it tackles the high cost of AI coding assistants through architectural innovations rather than just model switching.

Target audience: backend devs, full-stack devs

Repository: https://github.com/kirby88/vix-releases · 1 stars

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