How I Cut My AI Usage by 60% and Got Better Code (opens in new tab)

I stopped thinking of Claude Code as an AI assistant about three months ago. Now I think of it as a team of five engineers I have to manage. The moment I started treating it as a team, with actual roles and permissions and reporting lines, everything got better. I used to blow through my Claude 20x Max weekly limit every single week. Now I hover around 60%. The default Claude Code experience has the same failure mode as a solo developer doing everything in one sitting. The planning is contami...