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Stop counting tokens, start counting what ships

By Affan Syed 5 min read 2 views 0 comments
Stop counting tokens, start counting what ships
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When a developer gives an AI agent a coding task, the agent does more than answer once. It plans, generates code, runs tests, and repeats the process to correct errors. A single task can use 10 to 50 times more tokens than a basic chat prompt. The more useful the agent becomes, the more calls…

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