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austin (eeek!/ackkk! 👻)
@thebadcode.com

this is NOT an ai-hater post but i see a lot of folks that reach immediately for tool-using agents to drive the execution of repeatable steps when they could just... have their agent write a script. the latter is likely to be 100x more token-efficient

Arseny Khakhalin@khakhalin.bsky.social

It's fun how I can now achieve the same results by: - writing deterministic code that calls an LLM at some points - writing an LLM skill that calls deterministic code at some points - and everything in between as you develop, the two poles - a harness and a skill - keep expanding until they blend

Andrew Lilley Brinker
@alilleybrinker.com

IMO systemic moves toward efficiency are motivated by demand for financial thrift. Systems become as efficient as they need to be. Until then, if the system tolerates waste, people will be wasteful.

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JC
@jamescurcio.com

There are limits where this behavior flips (money is a good example, below a certain point recklessness/gambling suddenly becomes relatively optimal, "because fuck it.") But generally, yes.