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The Year of Internal Tools

68 points · 33 comments · thecodemonkey

  1. saadn92 · · focus · HN ↗
    Can also say the year that subscriptions go down, because now you can finally build your own systems exactly to your liking. Save money and have something that works just for you. LLMs are awesome.
    1. phinnaeus · · focus · HN ↗
      Who pays for ongoing maintenance of all those things you built and now own
      1. saadn92 · · focus · HN ↗
        good question. maintenance is cheap with tools like astra/opus. also, these aren't production level applications, so I don't need to worry about it being "perfect" (though there's no such thing)
        1. ironman1478 · · focus · HN ↗
          What happens when these companies decide to start increasing the cost/token, exceeding the cost of hiring an engineer or paying for an external service in the first place?
          1. oblio · · focus · HN ↗
            No, they would never...

            What do you mean? They need to recover hundreds of billions in sunk costs?

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