dbreunig: stop treating OpenRouter usage data as macro AI trends
dbreunig · x · 2026-11-03
Drew Breunig laments that every time he sees OpenRouter usage numbers presented as representative of macro AI trends, he "dies a little inside" — implying OpenRouter's developer-skewed user base makes its data a poor proxy for the broader AI market, a reminder to watch for sampling bias in industry usage stats.
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