The latest articles on Forem by Akshat Sahu (@akshat2634). https://forem.com/akshat2634 https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F726185%2F035677dc-dcb7-4d94-a57a-0ea4d58e43d6.jpeg https://forem.com/akshat2634 en Akshat Sahu Wed, 04 Mar 2026 02:12:16 +0000 https://forem.com/akshat2634/unpopular-opinion-vibe-coding-is-burning-money-and-nobodys-tracking-it-1o9c https://forem.com/akshat2634/unpopular-opinion-vibe-coding-is-burning-money-and-nobodys-tracking-it-1o9c <p>We obsess over prompt engineering.<br> We debate Opus vs Sonnet.<br> We share tips on better system prompts.</p> <p>But nobody asks the simplest question:</p> <p>“Did that session actually produce a commit?”</p> <p>So I built a CLI that answers exactly that.</p> <p>Run it with:<br> </p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight plaintext"><code>npx claude-roi </code></pre> </div> <p>It correlates your Claude Code sessions with your git history — locally, with zero telemetry.</p> <p>You might not like what you find.<br> Completely free. Open source. <br> PRs and contributions welcome — let's build this together.</p> <p>🔗 Product: <a href="https://lnkd.in/erXuZtdi" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://lnkd.in/erXuZtdi</a><br> ⭐ GitHub: <a href="https://lnkd.in/gW5TjGc7" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://lnkd.in/gW5TjGc7</a></p> <p><a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fx6j4kuiy0ccgnw7562xu.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fx6j4kuiy0ccgnw7562xu.png" alt=" " width="800" height="784"></a></p> claudecode opensource ai programming Akshat Sahu Sun, 01 Mar 2026 21:35:24 +0000 https://forem.com/akshat2634/most-of-us-optimize-prompts-very-few-of-us-optimize-roi-heres-what-i-found-tracking-my-claude-3hb7 https://forem.com/akshat2634/most-of-us-optimize-prompts-very-few-of-us-optimize-roi-heres-what-i-found-tracking-my-claude-3hb7 <p>If you’re vibe coding with Claude Code, measure what ships to production.</p> <p>Run this:<br> <br> 
</p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight plaintext"><code>npx claude-roi </code></pre> </div> <p>See what made it to git vs what just burned tokens.<br> Cost per commit.
Orphaned sessions.
Line survival.
And many more insights.</p> <p>Most of us are optimizing prompts.
Very few of us are optimizing ROI.</p> <p>All local. Open source.
<br> GitHub:  </p> <div class="ltag-github-readme-tag"> <div class="readme-overview"> <h2> <img src="https://assets.dev.to/assets/github-logo-5a155e1f9a670af7944dd5e12375bc76ed542ea80224905ecaf878b9157cdefc.svg" alt="GitHub logo"> <a href="https://github.com/Akshat2634" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Akshat2634 </a> / <a href="https://github.com/Akshat2634/Codelens-AI" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Codelens-AI </a> </h2> <h3> Agent Productivity-to-Cost Correlatorcodelens-ai </h3> </div> <div class="ltag-github-body"> <div id="readme" class="md"> <div class="markdown-heading"> <h1 class="heading-element">Codelens AI</h1> </div> <p><strong><a href="https://codelensai-dev.vercel.app/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">codelensai-dev.vercel.app</a></strong></p> <p><strong>Agent Productivity-to-Cost Correlator</strong> — Is your AI coding agent actually shipping code?</p> <p>Codelens AI ties Claude Code token usage to actual git output. It reads your local Claude Code session files, correlates them with git commits by timestamp, and serves a dashboard answering: <em>"Am I getting ROI from my AI coding agent?"</em></p> <ul> <li>One command, zero config</li> <li>All data stays local</li> <li>Works with any git repo where you've used Claude Code</li> </ul> <div class="markdown-heading"> <h2 class="heading-element">Installation</h2> </div> <blockquote> <p><strong>Previously published as <code>claude-roi</code>.</strong> That package is deprecated — use <code>npx codelens-ai</code> going forward. The <code>claude-roi</code> command still works as a backward-compatible alias.</p> </blockquote> <div class="markdown-heading"> <h3 class="heading-element">Option 1: Run directly (no install)</h3> </div> <div class="highlight highlight-source-shell notranslate position-relative overflow-auto js-code-highlight"> <pre>npx codelens-ai</pre> </div> <div class="markdown-heading"> <h3 class="heading-element">Option 2: Install globally</h3> </div> <div class="highlight highlight-source-shell notranslate position-relative overflow-auto js-code-highlight"> <pre><span class="pl-c"><span class="pl-c">#</span> npm</span> npm install -g codelens-ai <span class="pl-c"><span class="pl-c">#</span> pnpm</span> pnpm add -g codelens-ai <span class="pl-c"><span class="pl-c">#</span> yarn</span> yarn global add codelens-ai</pre> </div> <p>Then run anywhere:</p> <div class="highlight highlight-source-shell notranslate position-relative overflow-auto js-code-highlight"> <pre>codelens-ai</pre> </div> <div class="markdown-heading"> <h3 class="heading-element">Option 3: Clone and run from source</h3> </div> <div class="highlight highlight-source-shell notranslate position-relative overflow-auto js-code-highlight"> <pre>git clone https://github.com/Akshat2634/Codelens-AI.git <span class="pl-c1">cd</span> Codelens-AI <span class="pl-c"><span class="pl-c">#</span> Install dependencies (pick one)</span> npm</pre>… </div> </div> </div> <div class="gh-btn-container"><a class="gh-btn" href="https://github.com/Akshat2634/Codelens-AI" rel="noopener noreferrer">View on GitHub</a></div> </div> <p>Open source — PRs, feature requests, and ⭐ welcome.</p> <p>Track your AI ROI Now!</p> <p><a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Femoy4v07fm87mpst8w7v.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Femoy4v07fm87mpst8w7v.png" alt=" "></a><br> <a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fbj76cif2hcj3b2rxsy18.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fbj76cif2hcj3b2rxsy18.png" alt=" "></a></p> ai opensource