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How Many Tokens Did You Burn Today
Summary
The post critiques the absurdity of measuring developer productivity by lines of code or tokens burned, highlighting personal experiences with a misleading productivity tool. The author argues that such metrics don't reflect true productivity and can incentivize gaming the system, ultimately misunderstanding the essence of software development.
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