Claude Code - Tag - Lorenzo's Bloghttps://www.k8s.it/tags/claude-code/Claude Code - Tag - Lorenzo's BlogHugo -- gohugo.ioenSun, 19 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000I Made Claude Code Talk Like a Caveman for 61 Days, Then Did the Mathhttps://www.k8s.it/posts/i-made-claude-code-talk-like-a-caveman-for-61-days-then-did-the-math/Sun, 19 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000Lorenzo Girardihttps://www.k8s.it/posts/i-made-claude-code-talk-like-a-caveman-for-61-days-then-did-the-math/

Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • The Problem: Verbose Agents Cost Real Money
  • Enter Caveman Mode
  • The Question I Actually Wanted Answered
  • Method: Mining 27 Session Logs
  • The Results, Per Model
  • Where the Money Actually Goes
  • How Big Were These Sessions, Really?
  • The Fable 5 Shift
  • From a Homelab Toy to an Enterprise Line Item
  • Reflections
  • Conclusion

Strange… an AI assistant that talks less should cost less. Obvious, right? I wanted a number, not a vibe.

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