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Orastoday at 7:50 AM2 repliesview on HN

Reading comments, I’m curios why would someone spend thousands for LLM coding? What are you building to justify these skyrocketing token consumption?

I’ve been using AI coding since GitHub copilot was in beta, used all IDEs in the market, and had very few occasions when I passed the $20 subscription limit. And when I did, that was when I decided to move from cursor to CC and Codex, and still, using them everyday and didn’t have to go above my limits.


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acron0today at 8:04 AM

I've heard rhetoric like "we have to use LLMs to stay competitive now" which attempts to justify the cost

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teaearlgraycoldtoday at 8:02 AM

I think if you’re a professional and you’re actually coding for >4 hours per day it makes sense. Also if you’re one of those weirdos that likes to command an army of agents.

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