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		nimos 75 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Things that helped me get out of the AI 10x engine... Claude max is $200 a month. Consider a fully loaded cost of 200k for an engineer or $16,666 per month. They only have to be >1.012x engineer for the "AI" to be worth it. Of course that $200 dollars per month is probably VC subsidized right now but there is lots of money on the table for <2x improvement.

coltonv 75 days ago | [–]

This is precisely what I suggest, companies should pay for team plans like the one you are describing and see what comes of it.

swader999 74 days ago | [–]

My MacBook depreciates at higher than $200/month.

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