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A 10M Token Budget Is a Constraint. Measure It First.

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A 10M Token Budget Is a Constraint. Measure It First. Every AI vendor sells tokens now, and every free tier is an allowance. Ten million tokens sounds generous, but it is a constraint, not a gift. A popular argument this week says constraints make better engineers. I mostly agree, with one conditio…

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