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The Real Cost of 'Free' AI: A Budgeted Patch Loop for Agent-Written Code

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When a developer watches an agent patch stream past, two separate contests are running on the screen. The first is code correctness. The second is the cost of the compute the agent burned to claim that correctness. Teams with free model access make a recognizable mistake: they let the iteration con…

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  1. 2026-08-28 04:19 · DEV Community — AI
    The Real Cost of 'Free' AI: A Budgeted Patch Loop for Agent-Written Code

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