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Running many agents at once: the tax is linear, the rebate is quadratic
Every extra agent pays for its own cold prefix. But re-reading history grows with the square of turns, so splitting one job across three agents ran 17% cheaper.
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The 20x in Claude Code caching is real — it's a penalty, not a discount
A cache miss costs exactly 20x the warm read of the same history. What that does to your plan limits, which settings change it, and the number nobody can compute.
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Caveman mode for Claude Code: the math behind the 65% headline
Caveman mode strips filler from Claude's output. The 65% headline is real for output tokens. Here's what it actually saves on your monthly bill.