alt Hacker NewsIt will never ever be as cheap as as cron job and a shell script. There is a certain limit to how efficient using an LLM to do a job vs using an LLM to create a job is. There is a large distinction in compute and power resources between the two. Don't mistake one for the other.
> It will never ever be as cheap as as cron job and a shell script.
Yes. That's precisely why my company runs dBase 7 on a fleet of old 286DX machine from Compaq. /s
Running obsolete software will be cheaper, but the value provided by the newer technology will make the difference insignificant.