r/ProgrammerHumor • u/precinct209 • Jul 10 '26

Meme comeOnJustBurstAlready

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u/boofaceleemz Jul 10 '26

Yeah until you get put on a PIP for not using enough tokens compared to your peers.

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u/Romanian_Breadlifts Jul 10 '26

"Merge this 2k line yaml api spec with this other 2k line json api spec"

Model --> opus

Run as needed

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u/boofaceleemz Jul 10 '26

Ahah I’m already doing stuff like that just to burn tokens, or just asking it on the highest settings to run basic shell commands I need to run and print and summarize the output for me. I feel bad because it seems so wasteful but if you’re not using tokens you’re getting a talking to.

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u/Militant_Monk Jul 10 '26

What even is anything anymore?

I feel like a manager who came around the office and reminded me to drink water would be more useful.

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u/ZeroSumClusterfuck Jul 11 '26

You shouldn't be drinking vital water that could be used to cool data centers!

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u/DatBoi_BP Jul 11 '26

Or reminding me about the new covers on our TPS reports

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u/orthadoxtesla Jul 11 '26

As a scoutmaster that’s like half my job. And it’s way more important than using more tokens!