ibe coding, the practice of throwing casual prompts at AI without structure, generates mountains of technical debt and burns cash at alarming rates. And this amplified if you're using personalized AI Agents like OpenClaw. Your token burn much much faster.

But who cares about cost? That I find confusing? Most people can just sub to 200 USD CC, or na?

As usage/workloads get bigger, cost will become an issue – the advent of ads is one signal that the "free" or "cheap" phase of AI adoption is ending.

Another point was the model arbitrage, and not all models will necessarily come from the same vendor, meaning multiple subscriptions.