Companies Cap Engineer AI Token Use at $100 Weekly to Cut Costs · Digg

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Companies Cap Engineer AI Token Use at $100 Weekly to Cut Costs

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LucasH Sketch@dibujoslucasTECH

@svpino I love it when companies cap the one tool that actually makes engineers faster

Owol Destiny@owoldestinyTECH

@svpino companies always find the cheapest way to make engineers suffer

ForeverPatriotic@MI_PatrioticTECH

@svpino $5,200 — Santiago your AI math isn’t Mathing, buddy!

Guitar George@GuitarGeorge6TECH

@svpino $100 is more than enough with clever context mgmt

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Wajeeh Ul Hassan@wajeehul_hassanTECH

@svpino 100$ token is good enough tbh

Santiago@svpino

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Many users criticized companies capping engineer AI token use at $100 weekly as a cheap way to hinder productivity, while some called the limit adequate with smart context management.

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I've already talked to two companies that limit engineers to $100 in weekly tokens. That's around $20,000 in extra costs per person per year. After you run out, you gotta write the code yourself, like a caveman. I suspect most companies will end up here. There's no way they can offer an open buffet of tokens without going bankrupt.