> Tokens _are_ as cheap as keystrokes. extremely loud incorrect buzzer I can set up a drinking-bird-style device to press keys on a keyboard. My per-year oper

> Tokens _are_ as cheap as keystrokes. extremely loud incorrect buzzer I can set up a drinking-bird-style device to press keys on a keyboard. My per-year operational cost is the same whether or not the bird presses keys. Programmer time costs money. Nearly all of a programmer's time is spent understanding the system being maintained, the reasons for its existence, and the reasons for the proposed changes to it. If you're honestly such a fool as to think that DRY, "elegant" [0] design, and related things are about reducing the number of keys pressed rather than the time spent understanding the system and how to change it, then... well, I think you make an awfully good "AI Booster". [0] Read as "easy to reason about, once you understand the core concepts"