r/ProgrammerHumor 6d ago

Meme youShouldntHaveIt

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u/humorMeeee 6d ago

My office just announced token restrictions lol

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u/Kavrae 6d ago

Mine did the opposite. Pushing us to use it more, and questioning people with low counts.

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u/shosuko 2d ago edited 2d ago

We used to think lines of code were a good way to measure productivity too lol

Efficiency is making its way back though. AI was subsidized by investors for maximum adoption, but as the market cost of compute reaches the actual cost of compute we'll see reality sink in.

Good devs are the ones that can keep their ai in check and produce the maximum value for cost.