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Cheapest Reliable Setup for Everyday CRUD APIs

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86.0Overall score

Sonnet 4.6 with a lean two-MCP setup that handles the routine CRUD, auth and validation work that fills most backend sprints. For solo devs and small teams who want solid results on a tight token budget and only escalate to Opus when stuck.

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Model

  • Claude Sonnet 4.6
  • escalate to Opus 4.8 only when blocked

MCP servers

  • postgres
  • github

Stack

  • Express or Fastify
  • Drizzle ORM
  • Zod validation

Rules

  • Validate every input at the route boundary with Zod
  • No raw SQL without parameterized queries
  • Keep context lean, summarize old turns

How it works

  • Sonnet 4.6's large context fits the whole service in one session
  • Generates routes, DTOs and validators in one pass
  • PostToolUse hook runs eslint and the affected tests only
  • Falls back to Opus 4.8 if a task stalls twice

Summary

Sonnet 4.6 with a lean two-MCP setup that handles the routine CRUD, auth and validation work that fills most backend sprints. For solo devs and small teams who want solid results on a tight token budget and only escalate to Opus when stuck.

86.0 score 2.0k votes

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