@mattpocockuk: Still seeing token anxiety everywhere We're paying below minimum wage for development and still asking how we can pay l…
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Matt Pocock comments on the phenomenon of 'token anxiety,' where developers worry too much about the cost of AI tokens instead of focusing on the value delivered per token, likening current pricing to below-minimum-wage rates for development.
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Still seeing token anxiety everywhere
We’re paying below minimum wage for development and still asking how we can pay less
Don’t think in raw tokens, think in value shipped per token
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