Devs be like
24 Mar 2026
Having AI coding agents write code for you is all well and good, but it all costs... like a modern fairground and seaside arcade, we don't see these costs directly as cash money. Instead, we have units called tokens, and when they run out, the fun stops, and you have to make up your own fun (code), or ask kindly for more.
Ben Dowen
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Rosie Sherry
I was actually speaking to someone about this.
What happens when you run out of tokens with 20 days of the month left to go?
Simon Tomes
Brilliant! 😆
I wonder if we'll see tokens appearing in the benefits section of a job spec like with annual leave.
Year 1 32k daily tokens
Year 2 64k daily tokens
Year 3 ...
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