TLDR Tech / AI
Anthropic/OpenAI may be spending more than $1,000 for every $100 you pay them
LLM-assisted coding isn't likely to be affordable anytime soon. While it can enable developers to create things they never would have otherwise been able to before, it isn't economically viable for most use cases. It is only viable now because subscriptions are heavily subsidized. Serious use cases that require loops and 'thinking' using APIs have become very expensive. Developers need to prepare for costs to continue rising and build more resilient systems.
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