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> Any agent, any model, any scaffold: the bill is essentially O(reads) Therefore token sellers have incentive to produce verbose, unreadable code
by pphysch 3mo ago
> Any agent, any model, any scaffold: the bill is essentially O(reads)
Therefore token sellers have incentive to produce verbose, unreadable code
- pixl97 3mo agoWhichever token seller defects can capture a larger chunk of the market with slimmer code.
- pphysch 3mo agoDo you think the average vibe coder or AI-smitten suit cares about slim code? A lot of folks still think "LOC = good" in 2026. It will be a hard sell for the practical engineer. Even if they understand "slim code = fewer tokens = less spend" they still have to grok that less code is not less functionality.
- pietje 3mo agoThey are supply constrained at the moment so they still have incentive to keep it short