AI Coding Agents: The Expensive Part Isn't the Agents
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I ran three AI coders in parallel last week, each on its own file. Three pull requests came back in minutes. Then I checked the bill. It had barely moved. We'd expected running several AI agents at once to burn a fair bit. The numbers said otherwise, and once we dug into why, we hit the thing that changed how we think about putting AI to work. 1. The coders aren't the real cost Most people picture running a lot of AI codegen as a per-token bill that climbs and climbs, because the mental image…
1Key Takeaways
- I ran three AI coders in parallel last week, each on its own file.
- Three pull requests came back in minutes.
- We'd expected running several AI agents at once to burn a fair bit.
- The numbers said otherwise, and once we dug into why, we hit the thing that changed how we think about putting AI to work.
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Coding AI shifts how fast software ships and how much human review each change needs. DEV — AI reports that i ran three AI coders in parallel last week, each on its own file.
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