/track-cost

Track development costs by estimating time, compute, and resource expenses for a project.

Steps

1. Define the cost categories: 2. Estimate developer time costs: 3. Calculate infrastructure costs: 4. Track tooling and service costs: 5. Calculate total cost per feature: 6. Generate a cost summary with trends.

Format

Project: <name>
Period: <start> - <end>
Costs:
  Developer Time: $<amount> (<hours> hours)

Rules

• Track costs weekly to catch overruns early.
• Include all costs, not just the obvious ones (CI, APIs, etc.).
• Compare actual vs estimated to improve future estimates.