<![CDATA[A buddy of mine works at a place where they did the "please!]]>A buddy of mine works at a place where they did the "please! use as many llm tokes as you can!" to "oh shit this is way more expensive than the people and services we thought it was going to replace" speedrun in just a couple of months.

Their suggestion for reducing token use? "Ask Claude how you can use fewer tokens."

Corporate America is out of ideas, folks

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/09f2c7dc-a321-4382-b4ed-b53ad72e51e7/a-buddy-of-mine-works-at-a-place-where-they-did-the-pleaseRSS for NodeMon, 05 Oct 2026 21:31:56 GMTSat, 03 Oct 2026 17:18:37 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to A buddy of mine works at a place where they did the "please! on Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:46:12 GMT]]>@drewdaniels @ricci I've been spending time with Bifrost llm proxy lately. You can give engineers a virtual token and restrict them to "engineering-plan" and "engineering-build", which you map to whatever two models make the most sense at the time. It also has context based routing where it tries to switch between plan and build for you but I've not used that yet.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://discuss.systems/users/wren/statuses/117379876295079001https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://discuss.systems/users/wren/statuses/117379876295079001Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:46:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A buddy of mine works at a place where they did the "please! on Sat, 03 Oct 2026 23:58:48 GMT]]>@ricci
"Ask Claude how you can use fewer tokens." needs to be a t-shirt

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://c.im/users/lefou23/statuses/117379689901380887https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://c.im/users/lefou23/statuses/117379689901380887Sat, 03 Oct 2026 23:58:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A buddy of mine works at a place where they did the "please! on Sat, 03 Oct 2026 23:47:10 GMT]]>@stib it was, but I left it on purpose after I spotted it

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://discuss.systems/users/ricci/statuses/117379644151786422https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://discuss.systems/users/ricci/statuses/117379644151786422Sat, 03 Oct 2026 23:47:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A buddy of mine works at a place where they did the "please! on Sat, 03 Oct 2026 23:29:53 GMT]]>@ricci
Working at a place where the leadership is falling deeper and deeper into full-on AI psychosis is fucking rough.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/users/jargoggles/statuses/117379576204502243https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/users/jargoggles/statuses/117379576204502243Sat, 03 Oct 2026 23:29:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A buddy of mine works at a place where they did the "please! on Sat, 03 Oct 2026 23:24:03 GMT]]>@atax1a that makes a lot of sense.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/drewdaniels/statuses/117379553281582693https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/drewdaniels/statuses/117379553281582693Sat, 03 Oct 2026 23:24:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A buddy of mine works at a place where they did the "please! on Sat, 03 Oct 2026 23:14:39 GMT]]>@drewdaniels or, and bear with us here: STOP USING THE FUCKING SLOP BOT

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/atax1a/statuses/117379516283620738https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/atax1a/statuses/117379516283620738Sat, 03 Oct 2026 23:14:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A buddy of mine works at a place where they did the "please! on Sat, 03 Oct 2026 23:07:46 GMT]]>@hiiamfrompoland @ricci it can be cringe. There are a great many people using the technology that choose cheaper defaults and consult benchmarks. Benchmarks are a hot topic for LLM’s. I’ve heard many people and companies default to cheaper models like Sonnet or even run their own models.
Open weight models are hot for a reason too. Qwen3-coder-next (a local MoE model) benchmarks almost at (many people’s old default) Sonnet 4.6 and can be quantized to run in 30gb.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/drewdaniels/statuses/117379489221908291https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/drewdaniels/statuses/117379489221908291Sat, 03 Oct 2026 23:07:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A buddy of mine works at a place where they did the "please! on Sat, 03 Oct 2026 22:31:03 GMT]]>@ricci I have never watched the movie Idiocracy (I picked up enough of the synopsis I was quite sure it would make me itch) but I feel like someone has taken it to be an instructional video.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/johannab/statuses/117379344832705837https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/johannab/statuses/117379344832705837Sat, 03 Oct 2026 22:31:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A buddy of mine works at a place where they did the "please! on Sat, 03 Oct 2026 21:49:31 GMT]]>@ricci What about the military-industrial complex in the United States?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/tessarakt/statuses/117379181556173034https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/tessarakt/statuses/117379181556173034Sat, 03 Oct 2026 21:49:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A buddy of mine works at a place where they did the "please! on Sat, 03 Oct 2026 21:46:22 GMT]]>@ricci

Drawing on personal experience I can provide useful advice on saving tokens.

Hire some freaking humans, bozos! That way you get REAL intelligence!!! Not all that make believe crap!!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/ap/users/116798244421942790/statuses/117379169183449727https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/ap/users/116798244421942790/statuses/117379169183449727Sat, 03 Oct 2026 21:46:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A buddy of mine works at a place where they did the "please! on Sat, 03 Oct 2026 21:43:07 GMT]]>@okennedy @ricci We have a dashboard for that (for Github Copilot).

"Moderate use of Plan mode. Encourage users to use Plan mode more."

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/tessarakt/statuses/117379156400600838https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/tessarakt/statuses/117379156400600838Sat, 03 Oct 2026 21:43:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A buddy of mine works at a place where they did the "please! on Sat, 03 Oct 2026 21:25:31 GMT]]>@drewdaniels @ricci I observe some sort of AI-enabled narcism(?) among my AI-native collegues. Their every task requires Fable, and now Astra, because ofc their problems can't be solved by small, older or local LLMs. Where, well, 99% of the tasks is some basic script like : sort according to another column.

This is the same mindset as buying polar-expedition grade gear to walk 100m from a metro station to the office. Tech industry's culture is sometimes plain cringe.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://troet.cafe/users/hiiamfrompoland/statuses/117379087149402271https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://troet.cafe/users/hiiamfrompoland/statuses/117379087149402271Sat, 03 Oct 2026 21:25:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A buddy of mine works at a place where they did the "please! on Sat, 03 Oct 2026 21:23:34 GMT]]>@ratsnakegames @ricci 😣🤦

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://neuromatch.social/users/elduvelle/statuses/117379079499554867https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://neuromatch.social/users/elduvelle/statuses/117379079499554867Sat, 03 Oct 2026 21:23:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A buddy of mine works at a place where they did the "please! on Sat, 03 Oct 2026 21:15:47 GMT]]>@ricci make sure that shit ends up in someone's lap, but they are also doing it to squeeze headcount, while navigating a society that is becoming more dangerous because of desperate need and lack of engagement

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/i_give_u_worms/statuses/117379048898000406https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/i_give_u_worms/statuses/117379048898000406Sat, 03 Oct 2026 21:15:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A buddy of mine works at a place where they did the "please! on Sat, 03 Oct 2026 21:12:00 GMT]]>@ricci this and previous statements are from the utterly deranged

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://types.pl/users/koronkebitch/statuses/117379033995325387https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://types.pl/users/koronkebitch/statuses/117379033995325387Sat, 03 Oct 2026 21:12:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A buddy of mine works at a place where they did the "please! on Sat, 03 Oct 2026 21:11:42 GMT]]>@ricci omg my friend too. along with statements like "we lost $10k in tokens due to a bug in the llm"

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://types.pl/users/koronkebitch/statuses/117379032851223130https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://types.pl/users/koronkebitch/statuses/117379032851223130Sat, 03 Oct 2026 21:11:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A buddy of mine works at a place where they did the "please! on Sat, 03 Oct 2026 20:55:44 GMT]]>@ricci It's cooked af

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://metalhead.club/ap/users/115752854333149045/statuses/117378970090171436https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://metalhead.club/ap/users/115752854333149045/statuses/117378970090171436Sat, 03 Oct 2026 20:55:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A buddy of mine works at a place where they did the "please! on Sat, 03 Oct 2026 20:50:49 GMT]]>@ricci oh. They probably haven’t heard of code mode, or model routing.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/suzannealdrich/statuses/117378950712497190https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/suzannealdrich/statuses/117378950712497190Sat, 03 Oct 2026 20:50:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A buddy of mine works at a place where they did the "please! on Sat, 03 Oct 2026 20:43:16 GMT]]>@ricci This is funny, but its right up there with the Nigerian prince saying "We hit a snag, but if you forward another $10,000 I'm sure we can get the money moving your way!"

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/ChuckMcManis/statuses/117378921048810441https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/ChuckMcManis/statuses/117378921048810441Sat, 03 Oct 2026 20:43:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A buddy of mine works at a place where they did the "please! on Sat, 03 Oct 2026 20:41:43 GMT]]>@ricci Ask your dealer how to use less drugs.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/rubinjoni/statuses/117378914950322376https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/rubinjoni/statuses/117378914950322376Sat, 03 Oct 2026 20:41:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A buddy of mine works at a place where they did the "please! on Sat, 03 Oct 2026 20:22:35 GMT]]>@ricci I swear, once people get hooked on "AI" and become meat proxies, they just turn off their brains completely. For, like, *everything*. And I still don't know if there's a way to get them to turn back on again.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://wandering.shop/users/kagan/statuses/117378839712150495https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://wandering.shop/users/kagan/statuses/117378839712150495Sat, 03 Oct 2026 20:22:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A buddy of mine works at a place where they did the "please! on Sat, 03 Oct 2026 20:16:16 GMT]]>@ricci Saw this earlier today on Discord:

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/jernej__s/statuses/117378814878300197https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/jernej__s/statuses/117378814878300197Sat, 03 Oct 2026 20:16:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A buddy of mine works at a place where they did the "please! on Sat, 03 Oct 2026 19:57:42 GMT]]>@ricci it’s called session analysis and is part of tokenomics. Model choice, agents, routing, wrapping tools etc all can all substantially reduce costs. Out of the box most of these systems are designed to maximize cost with more token creation and consumption. Simple things like a cheaper capable model can save 50%.
The spend as much as you can is literally ridiculous, but sadly not surprising to still see.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/drewdaniels/statuses/117378741871754371https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/drewdaniels/statuses/117378741871754371Sat, 03 Oct 2026 19:57:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A buddy of mine works at a place where they did the "please! on Sat, 03 Oct 2026 19:57:38 GMT]]>@ricci my corporate training at <garbage consulting firm> back in April included the suggestion to determine if using AI for a certain task is a good idea by... asking the AI

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ratsnakegames/statuses/117378741574787224https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ratsnakegames/statuses/117378741574787224Sat, 03 Oct 2026 19:57:38 GMT