# Kilo compares AI provider pricing changes to campus pranks on punched cards

> Original title: In the ’70s, a campus prank could scatter your code across the floor.

- Source: Kilo
- Published: 2026-11-06T03:36:52.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/a6dx9kil6lmzp2srvnh8nmizt
- Original: https://x.com/kilocode/status/2118548141649920473

## Summary

Kilo (@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.

## Post

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:

https://blog.kilo.ai/p/nobody-should-knock-your-stack-down