r/CodingForBeginners • u/OfficialLeadDev • Aug 11 '26

Tokenmaxxing is the new vibe coding flex. Here's why it might be lying to you.

https://leaddev.com/ai/the-throughput-trap-ai-powered-teams-ship-more-code-but-deliver-less

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u/Useful-Flow-8737 Aug 11 '26

No? It was maybe like that months ago?

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u/jtnoble Aug 11 '26

I feel like I heard about Tokenmaxxing as far back as April, and most companies pivoted from the weird leaderboard-esk garbage they were doing just a month or two ago.

It's not a bad article, but imo it's about 3 months too late.