[cayley_graph]

You need tools sufficient to do the job in an economical way, optimizing for both cost and quality. That is what 'best' means. We don't give every engineer all the resources under the sun, only what is appropriate.

I suspect many will realize millions more dollars are being spent than needed to achieve the highest marginal productivity gains, and reallocate accordingly. Who wants more of their money going to developer tooling, rather than bonuses?

[orangeisthe]

Of course. I have a $20/mo Codex subscription that has been serving me very well. Occasionally when I run out of quota, I switch to another one of my backup $20/mo subscription.

That's way more economical and produces far better result than any self hosted models today.