The End of Cheap AI Could Reshape Software Development
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AI isn't replacing developers. It's replacing their software budget.
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The best AI model is the one you can still afford.
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Developers wanted smarter AI, not smarter pricing.
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AI usage is growing faster than anyone's budget.
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As infrastructure expenses continue rising
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AI tools were cheap while companies were buying growth. Now developers may have to start paying closer to the real cost of all that compute.
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From flat-rate unlimited to paying per token: because nothing builds confidence like watching your bank account bleed every time an AI agent rewrites a single Svelte file.

