The real cost of AI writing code is starting to show 👀
For the past 6 months, we’ve been coding like there’s no tomorrow: endless tokens, multiple agents running in parallel, shipping features in stacks and technologies we barely touched before 🚀
But the golden phase is fading. The signs are already here:
- Anthropic dropped their $20 subscription
- Token usage is getting tighter
- Companies are reporting hundreds of thousands to millions in monthly AI spend 💸
The pendulum might be swinging back. Smaller companies are starting to hire juniors again to write code. Larger companies are seeing senior engineers spend most of their time reviewing AI-generated output instead of building.
We’re not at equilibrium yet. That balance between humans and AI is still ahead of us ⚖️
Originally posted on LinkedIn.