In the ’70s, a campus prank could scatter your code across the floor.
Today, your AI provider can upend your workflow with a pricing change.
From punched cards to tokens: a story from Colombia 50 years ago is still relevant today:
Kilo compares AI provider pricing changes to campus pranks on punched cards
AIKilo (@kilocode) argues that an AI provider's pricing change can disrupt a developer's workflow as sharply as a 1970s campus prank scattering punched-card code. The post links to a blog essay that draws on a 50-year-old story from Colombia to make the point.
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Original title: In the ’70s, a campus prank could scatter your code across the floor.