Writing code is expensive.
It requires an expensive, specialist human.
Running code is cheap.
LLMs are more expensive than normal code, but can write bespoke code that can be run cheaply.
From other episodes
- It used to be that to test demand you made a doorbell in the jungle.2026-04-20
- LLMs don't have an experience for others to resonate with.2026-04-20
- If you're below mean on a given dimension, LLMs pull you up.2026-04-20
- All of the labs would rather not have to give access to the top-of-the-line models via general API.2026-04-20
- LLMs are significantly cheaper if you only append the tokens.2026-04-20
- Before you only had to trust the entity that made the code.2026-04-20
- LLMs are easy to trick by putting words in their mouths.2026-04-20
- LLMs are really good at rebasing.2026-04-20