Comment by citizenpaul
7 days ago
>The age of actually finishing side projects is here
This is a really good summary of how I've experienced AI put into words. I'm not really sure how this can be monetized though.
I'm not going to burn $200-1k per day on agents to do some side projects that have been on the back burner. The only reason I'm doing it now is the heavily subsidized or free available models all over the place.
I'm paying 10 dollars per month on GitHub Copilot. Gives access to good enough models. Not best, but great value for money.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46936105 Billing can be bypassed using a combo of subagents with an agent definition
> "Even without hacks, Copilot is still a cheap way to use Claude models"
I'm paying for claude max which is 90 euros a month. It's just enough for my needs. I typically run 2 agents in parallel and seldom run out of tokens.
Oh, I think I misunderstood. Do you mean if we paid the real cost of the compute it would be the numbers you mention?
Yes, AI companies are bleeding money with current pricing. Your AI usage is heavily subsidized by investor dollars.
Better take the opportunity then and have it build good stuff while it lasts. :)