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A bash script to automatically burn LLM tokens, thus massively increasing your productivity and hireability (github.com)
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Because nothing gets you promoted faster than a six-figure token bill

A bash one-liner that burns Claude Code or Codex tokens on purpose.

Be the most productive engineer on your team ๐Ÿš€๐Ÿš€๐Ÿš€!

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[โ€“] Glowstick@lemmy.world 38 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A company accidentally blew a half BILLION dollars on ai usage

https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/company-half-billion-dollars-claude-one-month

[โ€“] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I wish I had half as much trust with someone as anthropic has with that company to let them casually rack up 500M in use.

[โ€“] spicehoarder@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 day ago

They practically own that company. Maybe it's their goal to have lots of big companies massively indebted to them?