Damian Malliaros
AI content creator focused on Claude Code workflows, cost optimization, and app building with alternative models.
Channels
- YouTube: Damian Malliaros — Claude Code tutorials, AI app building, model comparisons
Content in This Wiki
- I Cut Claude Code Costs by 95% (MiniMax M2.7) — Demonstrates using MiniMax M2.7 with Claude Code to build a ClickUp clone; 20x cheaper and 3x faster than Opus 4.6 per his testing; includes Supabase MCP integration and parallel Claude instances workflow
Key Ideas
- Let Claude Code configure its own alternative model integration by giving it the API key and asking it to read the docs
- Parallel Claude Code instances (two sessions simultaneously) remove the bottleneck of waiting for sequential completion
- Plan mode + high effort setting before any build produces significantly better structured output
- MiniMax M2.7 subscription plans offer effectively unlimited coding throughput at a fraction of Claude Max pricing