> In a past life I had to argue every year to renew a license for a profiling tool that cost about 20 EUR a month. I’ve heard since that everyone at the company is now getting a Claude subscription, even non-programmers. This is the kind of decision that baffles me. Management will not trust its engineers to spend their money on the tools they say they need, but then will tell everyone they have to use a shiny expensive toy they didn’t request.
The author reads my mind. I am scared ;)
Alyx
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2026-08-04 21:02:45 UTC
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