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		jjmarr 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Claude Code: Best practices for agentic coding If what I'm doing doesn't have a positive expected value, the correct move isn't to use inferior dev tooling to save money, it's to stop working on it entirely.

oezi 10 months ago | [–]

There might be value but you might not receive any of it. Most salaried employees won't see returns.

ngruhn 10 months ago | [–]

Come on, every hobby has negative expected value. You're not doing it for the money but it still makes sense to save money.

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