AI Coding Assistant Costs Revealed: aider and Claude 3.5 Sonnet

🔍 *Curious about the real costs of using AI tools to develop applications?* Since publishing my videos where we built various apps using aider and Claude 3.5 Sonnet, many of you have asked for a breakdown of the costs involved. In this video, I’ll dive into the expenses of using these technologies to help you understand what to expect when incorporating them into your projects.

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📊 *What You'll Learn:*
Cost analysis of building different apps with aider and Claude 3.5 Sonnet.
Understanding LLM pricing and tokens.
Calculations for various input and output sequences.
Projections of potential monthly costs based on usage assumptions.

💡 *Why Watch?*
Knowing the costs upfront can help you budget effectively and make informed decisions about using AI tools in your development workflow. Whether you’re a developer, hobbyist, a startup, or part of a larger organization, this video will provide valuable insights into the financial aspects of using AI to develop software.

📈 *Cost Breakdown Covered:*
1. *RAG App:* 230 lines of code for just $0.30.
2. *Java API Tutorial:* 500 lines of code for $0.37.
3. *Next.js UI:* Over 400 lines of code for $0.50.

🔧 *Using Our Data to Project Future Costs:*
We’ll take the data from our tutorials and make some educated assumptions to give you a rough idea of what it might cost you to use these technologies regularly.

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🔗 *Related Tutorials:*
If you haven’t already, make sure to check out the tutorials mentioned in this video to see how we developed the apps and understand the context behind the costs.

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00:00 What to expect from this video
00:24 Cost analysis: RAG tutorial
00:51 Understanding LLM pricing and tokens
01:48 Cost analysis: Java API tutorial
02:09 Cost analysis: Next.js tutorial
02:29 Using our data to project future costs
04:15 Wrap-up