Headroom barely moves Claude Code subscription usage — and needs one or two proxies in VS Code
Headroom compresses Claude Code requests in a local proxy. On 2.1.292 it moved subscription usage by under 5% either way, and cut API pricing by 4 to 16%.
VS Code
A stale TypeScript server reported TS5097 on a correct file — deleting the .ts then broke the script
A stale TypeScript server reported TS5097 on a correct import, and deleting the .ts broke a Node script while tsc stayed green. The cause was a failed extends.
Running a Claude Code skill from another repo — a symlink, cd -P, and every path absolute
Making a Claude Code skill reachable from any repository: a symlink for discovery, additionalDirectories for access, one cd -P at entry, and no relative paths.