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CCUsage says my token usage has dropped nearly 50% since I wrote the server
SatvikBeri on Hacker News
token usage has dropped nearly 50%
In the thread “Tools: Code Is All You Need”
Helped: Persistent Julia kernel via MCP for faster execution and code reuse.
… It had a much bigger impact than I expected – not only does test code run much faster (and not time out), but Claude seems to be much more willing to just run functions from our codebase rather than do a bunch of bespoke bash stuff to try and make something work. It's anecdotal, but CCUsage says my token usage has dropped nearly 50% since I wrote the server. Of course, it didn't have to be MCP – I could have used some other method to get Claude to run code from my codebase more frequently. …