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I Spent $47,000 on Claude Code in 90 Days. My CTO Asked Me One Question and

A developer spent $47,000 on Anthropic's Claude Code over 90 days, raising questions about the cost-effectiveness of AI-assisted coding tools. The developer's CTO asked a single question about the return on investment, which the developer could not answer, highlighting the challenge of measuring productivity gains from AI tools.

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Article URL: https://medium.com/@developer_programmer/i-spent-47-000-on-claude-code-in-90-days-my-cto-asked-me-one-question-and-i-couldnt-answer-it-af3b203f81bb

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48570826

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medium.com — original article The AI-Augmented Developer: A Process for Writing Production Code With Agents My trust gradient How to constrain a coding agent using only files you own
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