Autonomous coding agents are absolute game-changers for building software, but there’s a dirty little secret nobody talks about: they will absolutely torch your API credits if you aren't careful. You ask Claude Code or OpenCode for a simple feature update, and suddenly the agent is looping, searching your repo, failing, and retrying until your balance hits zero. Vibe coding your next web app shouldn't require a massive budget just to cover inference costs.

In this episode, we’re opening the vault on the ultimate survival guide for the AI API economy. We’re breaking down exactly where to score free API keys so you can test models, build autonomous workflows, and deploy applications without the financial anxiety.

We’ll talk about:

• The Coding-First Platforms: How to leverage OpenCode and Kiloc ...