TLDR Tech / Founders
We're going to need default hard budget caps on pretty much everything
The increasing use of agents significantly reduces the effort required to deploy code, but this comes with associated costs. To prevent unexpectedly high bills, especially from agents operating overnight, default hard budget caps are becoming essential. While businesses prefer not to encounter errors due to budget limits, most would rather face an error than a surprise bill exceeding $10,000. Implementing hard budget caps as a default, with an opt-in for higher risk, is recommended.
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