alt Hacker NewsI would not be surprised at all, a $1,000/mo tool that makes your $20,000/mo engineer a lot more productive is an easy sell.
I’m guessing we’re gonna have a world like working on cars - most people won’t have expensive tools (ex a full hydraulic lift) for personal stuff, they are gonna have to make do with lesser tools.
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noway.
i bought a $3k AMD395+ under the Sam Altman price hike and its got a local model that readily accomplishes medial tasks.
theres a ceiling to these price hikes because open weights will keep popping up as competitors tey to advertise their wares.
sure, we POV different capabilities but theres definitely not that much cash in propfietary models for their indererminance
What about when there is a $100/month tool that makes your engineer 90% as productive as they were on the $1000/mo tool?
What if that tool is something you can run on prem, and over time make the investment back?
It's not so simple.
No engineer will cost 20.000 bucks a month at this point in time. Offshoring is still happening aggressively.