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0 pointsowebmaster1y ago0 comments

Important to remind people this is only true if you have a profitable product, otherwise you’re spending money you haven’t earned.

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jjmarr1y ago· 2 in thread

If what I'm doing doesn't have a positive expected value, the correct move isn't to use inferior dev tooling to save money, it's to stop working on it entirely.

oezi1y ago

There might be value but you might not receive any of it. Most salaried employees won't see returns.

ngruhn1y ago

Come on, every hobby has negative expected value. You're not doing it for the money but it still makes sense to save money.

jasonjmcghee1y ago

If your expectation is to produce the same amount of output, you could argue when paying for AI tools, you're choosing to spend money to gain free time.

4 hours coding project X or 3 hours and a short hike with your partner / friends etc

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