Dev math: 12,000 PRs/day from an AI coding agent would cost $20K in tokens
mertdumenci · x · 2026-11-16
A developer mocked an AI coding agent product: running it hard enough to open 12,000 PRs a day would burn roughly $20K in tokens — at which point you might as well hire an actual human engineer. A follow-up reply does the math on the arcane pricing: even on the $200/month plan plus $200 of overage, the quota is so handicapped that competitor Muse Free can do more. The thread's core is a concrete cost critique of agent tooling: impressive capability, poor value once usage-based pricing kicks in.
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