Writing
Some are essays, some are shorter. All written to be worth the tokens.
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Human Tokens: The cost of attention
The token bill gets counted to the penny. The engineer time around it disappears. I want the expensive part on the bill too.
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You can't save your way out of the triangle
A cheaper model can leave a bigger bill for the humans. The project triangle helps show where the cost went.
The wrong plank
I priced my tokens, then skipped the maintenance on the body making them. The agents can keep working while I move.
People are still the point
I can talk through a full day of building software and leave out the people. The tools changed. The work still has to make somebody's life better.
One doc, four readers
I kept handing different readers the same document. Google Docs tabs give them their own doors. Choosing what goes behind each one is my job.
Agents review everything, humans review red
Generation got a thousand times cheaper. Verification did not. A risk matrix for spending review attention where it still pays.