Agentic coding is a financial trap

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The hidden financial unit economics of pay-per-token autonomous coding loops. The era of predictable $20-a-month AI subscriptions is quietly ending, replaced by autonomous tools that silently burn through pay-per-token API budgets. The Bill: 120,000 tokens * 6 loops = 720,000 input tokens. You just spent $10. 80 on input tokens and $1. 12 on output tokens.

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