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Re:Opus 4.7 to 4.6 Inflation is ~45% by SlinkyOnStairs on Saturday April 18, 2026 @02:26PM (#47818232)
Software development is not a production line, the relationship between code output and revenue is extremely non-linear.

Where producing 2x the t-shirts will get you ~2x the revenue, it's quite unlikely that 10x the code will get you even close to 2x revenue.

With how much of this industry operates on 'Vendor Lock-in' there's a very real chance the multiplier ends up 0x. AI doesn't add anything when you can already 10x the prices on the grounds of "Fuck you. What are you gonna do about it?"

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Re:Opus 4.7 to 4.6 Inflation is ~45% by groundzeros2015 on Saturday April 18, 2026 @02:42PM (#47818348)
Yep and in a vendor lock in scenario, fixing deep bugs or making additions in surgical ways is where the value is. And Claude helps you do that, by giving you more information, analyzing options, but it doesn’t let you make that decision 10x faster.
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