AI & Tech

Stop counting tokens, start counting what ships

A single task can use 10 to 50 times more tokens than a basic chat prompt.

✦ Extractive summary — built from the sources' own reporting•From 1 source•1 min read•Updated November 2, 2026, 1:10 PM UTC

When a developer gives an AI agent a coding task, the agent does more than answer once.

It plans, generates code, runs tests, and repeats the process to correct errors.

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