As token costs fall, dependency management costs rise, pushing more OSS into rewrite bucket
chrisrohlf · x · 2026-08-03
Security expert Chris Rohlf observes that while token costs are decreasing, the cost of dependency management, including vulnerability management, is arguably rising in the short to medium term. Each token price drop moves more open-source software into the reduce/rewrite category.
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