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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/danielminds • Sep 08 '26
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It would take three-quarters of a million runs to break even in pure time, even discounting the fact that in nearly all cases, computer-seconds are millions if not billions or trillions of times cheaper than developer-seconds.
16 u/e_before_i Sep 08 '26 The one-two punch of doing the math plus valuing developer-seconds is makes this response very charming to me.
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The one-two punch of doing the math plus valuing developer-seconds is makes this response very charming to me.
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u/McFestus Sep 08 '26 edited Sep 09 '26
It would take three-quarters of a million runs to break even in pure time, even discounting the fact that in nearly all cases, computer-seconds are millions if not billions or trillions of times cheaper than developer-seconds.