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paxysyesterday at 8:25 PM2 repliesview on HN

As coding agents get "good enough" the next differentiator will be which one can complete a task in fewer tokens.


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tgtweakyesterday at 8:36 PM

Or quicker, or more comprehensively for the same price.

nlhyesterday at 8:55 PM

Or the same number of tokens in less time. Kinda feels like the CPU / modem wars of the 90s all over again - I remember those differences you felt going from a 386 -> 486 or from a 2400 -> 9600 baud modem.

We're in the 2400 baud era for coding agents and I for one look forward to the 56k era around the corner ;)