Hey 👋
Until recently my AI coding setup was the default one: VS Code with GitHub Copilot, same as half the industry. Then the pricing changed, I did the math, and the math lost. The subscription math changed: rather than spending $200/month on a single "God-tool" that limits me when credits run dry, I split that budget into yearly plans for Claude and Cursor, plus a discounted Antigravity tier. Now, I use premium credits to architect the task with the best model, and offload grunt work to free-tier tools like OpenCode. If a tool runs out of tokens, it's just a sign to take a break.
I took the migration as an excuse to rethink the whole thing instead of swapping one subscription for another. Today I rnow the microphone only works if i go into powerful control and switch to something and then back to analog stereo duplex. how do i permanently fix the microphone?un four tools: Claude Code and Cursor as primaries, with Antigravity and OpenCode as backups. That sounds excessive until you notice each one earns its slot. After a few months of this setup, these are the ten tips I'd give anyone building something similar.
1. Keep everything tool-agnostic
The Copilot exit taught me one thing above all the others: never marry a tool, and that includes its config format. Use AGENTS.md instead of CLAUDE.md. Most agents read it now, and you can symlink specific filenames for tools that insist on them. Keep your rules and conventions in the repo, written once, in a format any tool can consume. When the next pricing change lands, switching should cost you an afternoon, not a week.
