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“But let’s put that aside, and just look at the cost/benefit. Cal-Maine has to pay $1.5 milli…#
“But let’s put that aside, and just look at the cost/benefit. Cal-Maine has to pay $1.5 million, let’s throw in another $1.5 million to cover the cost of the 30 million eggs they had to donate. That means they are out $3 million, for a scheme that netted them more than $3 billion.”
https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/crime-pays-the-egg-bandits-made-a
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“Any time you devote resources to a goal, you need to account for where those resources are com…#
“Any time you devote resources to a goal, you need to account for where those resources are coming from. What can people put down or let slip? What work are you choosing not to do? How will you know if it was worth the time and effort?”
https://charitydotwtf.substack.com/p/in-defense-of-ai-mandates
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‘“Very cheaply” if your tokens are free! Model labs’ employees are shielded from the cost…#
‘“Very cheaply” if your tokens are free! Model labs’ employees are shielded from the cost of full-on software factories.
For the rest of us, cloud coding gets expensive for the same reasons that cloud compute gets expensive:…’
https://allenpike.com/2026/how-to-not-spend-10k-on-coding-agents/
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Only the most senior engineers can verify whether the AI code being produced justifies eliminatin…#
Only the most senior engineers can verify whether the AI code being produced justifies eliminating the position of the reviewer.