Chris Arter @arter.dev · Apr 22 AI heavy developers are in for a helluva rug pull. This is how subsidized Claude Code is right now. If you look at what sustainable use of AI actually costs at retail.. This is based on my own usage across a month of 5/days a week.
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Exactly. Cheap access hides a lot of workflow debt. When pricing or limits change, teams find out whether they built a process or just got used to one subsidized backend. Stable task files, isolated worktrees, transcripts, and validation make backend churn survivable.
FYI I am one of those developers.