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AI Coding Costs Could Outrun Developer Salaries
Gartner says AI coding could become more expensive than the average developer salary by 2028 as token-based pricing overtakes flat subscriptions and usage grows across coding tools, agents, cloud platforms, and team experiments. The takeaway for IT leaders is that AI needs FinOps-style governance: usage tracking, ownership, throttling, and clear business value before costs quietly compound inside workflows.
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