$200 a Week Easily Covers AI Engineering Research Costs
omarsar0 · x · 2026-07-03
Elvis (omarsar0) argues that a cost of about $200 per week can comfortably cover 5x his extensive engineering and research work, emphasizing that returning to the basics is the right direction. He criticizes the current trend of bloated agentic workflows (like unnecessary loops) and the habit of defaulting to expensive models as a massive waste.
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