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One 7MB binary connects Cursor, Claude Desktop, Windsurf, or Cline to 125 self-hosted developer tools via MCP. Feature flags, alerts, caching, cost tracking, and more.

164+ tools is overwhelming. Here are 5 curated stacks for indie devs, SREs, startups, API builders, and personal use. Pick your role, install with one command.

The question I get most is "why 164+ tools instead of making one really good one?" Here's the honest answer from a solo founder.

Cursor sends more LLM requests than you think. Caching and model routing through a local proxy dropped my monthly API bill from $380 to $152.

Stockyard ships two binaries: an open-source proxy (Apache 2.0) and the full platform (BSL 1.1). Here's when to use each.

We compiled pricing for 40+ models across 38 providers. GPT-4o, Claude, Gemini, Llama, Mistral, DeepSeek, Grok — what does 1 million tokens actually cost? Plus how to cut your bill 50–80%.

We put 76 middleware modules between our app and OpenAI. PII redaction, cost caps, caching, rate limiting, audit logging — the entire chain adds 400ns. Here's how.

Why I chose Go over Python and SQLite over Postgres for an LLM proxy. The engineering tradeoffs behind shipping 164+ tools as one static binary.

I was building an app with the OpenAI API. Then I shipped it. Within the first week, three things went wrong.

Why Go, why SQLite, why a single binary, and why 76 middleware modules instead of a plugin system.

The LLM middleware ecosystem is fragmented across 134+ standalone tools. Here's how Stockyard consolidates them.