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‘Tokenmaxxing’ is making developers less productive than they think

Developers optimizing for token efficiency may be counterproductively increasing costs and maintenance burden, according to TechCrunch analysis. The practice generates more code that requires extensive refactoring, offsetting perceived productivity gains.

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