I've hit the big time.

Sixth message, I ask it to implement the suggested approach. It does so. I build and run the project, and it is working as desired. 5 cents.

This screenshot is again truncated because of repetition.

Fifth message, I ask it to suggest an approach for incorporating the new space transformation method into the BarPlot class. I didn't have a good idea for this part. It took a while to respond this time. I thought I lost connection, but apparently it was just thinking. 4 cents.

Fourth message, I ask it to implement the change we discussed, which it does perfectly using search/replace blocks (the main feature of aider). 5 cents.

This response was a bit long and repetitive because of the nature of search/replace, so I'm just showing the beginning.

Third message. The previous response made me realize my mistaken assumption. I inform it of my realization and suggest a new approach. It suggests an implementation. 3 cents.

Second message, I explain an issue with its implementation and suggest a different approach. I was wrong here, but it went along with me. 3 cents.

23 cents with Claude and aider.chat, a thread.

First message, where I ask it to help me address an issue with my graph animation system. It understands perfectly and makes a decent suggestion. 3 cents.