Tokens Are the Cheap Part — Steve Jamison, Jellyfish
AI spending rises dramatically while the allocated cost of a merged pull request falls.
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Key points
- Steve Jamison explains why those observations can coexist when developer salaries and model costs are counted together.
- Using Jellyfish's engineering data, he reports a 60 fold increase in AI spending, 43% more merged pull requests per engineer and a 26% decline in combined cost per merged pull request over the period discussed.
- These are observational comparisons, rather than proof that token spending caused the throughput change or that companies realized equivalent cash savings.
- 00:00 - AI spend and merged PR throughput move together
Sources (1)
- [1]Tokens Are the Cheap Part — Steve Jamison, JellyfishAI Engineer (YouTube) · Oct 13, 05:00 PM
AI spending rises dramatically while the allocated cost of a merged pull request falls.
Steve Jamison explains why those observations can coexist when developer salaries and model costs are counted together.
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