Costing $5 to add a gitignore via AI: an expensive but funny dev experience
_Stocko_ · x · 2026-08-22
A user joked about spending $5 just to add a gitignore file to a repository using an AI tool named 'mythos', highlighting the potential cost absurdity of using AI coding assistants for trivial tasks.
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