Tokens Are the Cheap Part — Steve Jamison, Jellyfish
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Why it matters
Frames AI coding spend against total engineering cost: salary dominates, so higher tokenThe chunk of text a model reads and writes in — roughly three-quarters of a word — and the unit AI usage is billed in.Full definition → bills can still lower cost per merged PR. Gives managers a consistent cost, output and quality view, with the causal limits stated.
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token — The chunk of text a model reads and writes in — roughly three-quarters of a word — and the unit AI usage is billed in.