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Ask HN: How do agencies price projects when AI increases productivity and costs?

Posted by hakonbogen on Tuesday March 03, 2026 @08:18AM
from the ask-hn dept.

I’m curious how agencies and freelancers are pricing projects now that AI tools make us more productive but also introduce new costs. Many of us rely on LLMs, generative design, AI-assisted coding and other services that carry API fees or compute costs. If you can deliver work significantly faster with AI, do you still bill by the hour? Have you moved to fixed-price or value-based models? How...

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Re:Claude 4 System Cards Highlights on Sunday May 25, 2025 @04:45AM (#44086472)
Yeah thought the same thing. I wonder if he has commented on it?

Ask HN: How can I prove my student cheated on their iOS exam?

Posted by hakonbogen on Friday May 16, 2025 @08:28AM
from the ask-hn dept.

Background: I teach at a University, third year bachelor students, in iOS development. The exam for the course is a home exam over 4 days where they should code an app, which i specify and provide the API for - usually a public API like OMBDapi. It's an individual assignment.The case: As this is iOS, they deliver their XCode project zipped when handing in the exam. As i've teached for 9 years...

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Re:A New E-Bike Drive System Ditches the Classic Chain Design on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @10:59AM (#30699636)
Article from 2021, i have not seen any bikes actually using this. So my bet is that its a fad which didnt work. Prove me wrong.
Re:Widelands is a free, open-source real-time strategy game on Monday August 16, 2021 @07:54AM (#28197050)
Interesting concept, but based on the screenshots, the assets look significantly worse than Settlers 2. Hope this will be improved