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stockyarddev··on Ask HN: How are you keeping AI coding agents from burning money?
Awesome! let me know how it goes. If you hit anything weird during setup, open an issue on GitHub (github.com/stockyard-dev/stockyard-trough) or email me directly: michael@stockyard.dev. The install is just `curl -fsSL stockyard.dev/trough/install.sh | sh` and it should be running in about 30 seconds
stockyarddev··on Ask HN: How are you keeping AI coding agents from burning money?
The per-route breakdown is exactly what's missing from the native dashboards. I've been running Trough for this: it sits in front of your HTTP API calls and tracks cost by route, so you can see "this endpoint is costing $X/day" rather than just an aggregate total. Retry storms show up as a spike on a specific route, which makes it easy to pinpoint the loop. Self-hosted Go binary, free for one service. stockyard.dev/trough