Show HN: Burn, baby, burn (those tokens)
dtnewman
86 points
18 comments
May 15, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (13 comments)
hootz
Finally we can beat the usage metrics goal!
dtnewman
Creator here. Are you a startup looking to show investors your hefty AI budget? Are you an engineer trying to top the AI token leaderboard? Wanna show your friends how "AI Native" you are? Look no further, I created this for you.
fcpguru
you laugh but this is so real. executives love metrics. I do feel like I need to keep the prompts going.
photonair
Token-maxxing is a silly idea that does not measure true productivity and quality. I can easily burn through tokens and not produce anything useful.
Sharlin
Never would I ever have imagined a world where companies are going all in on the idea of measuring productivity by how much an employee is able to spend company money. Try to explain this to a time traveler from 2020. What a time to be alive.
cube00
Token measured productivity is the KLOC of the AI world https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25225814
erelong
labor theory of value: AI edition
throwatdem12311
Absolutely incredible, gonna kee this on my back burner for when my boss inevitably gets the tokenmaxxing mind virus.
boundless88
This idea is really innovative and interesting.
random__duck
Marketing material includes legendary promises such as: > Burning token like there's no context window.
kevinh456
Burn baby burn. Token inferno.
krschn
It’s a strange time ,some people are trying to save tokens to reduce costs, while in other places, employees are intentionally burning more tokens for performance evaluations.
wewewedxfgdf
Should be making pelicans in hats riding unicorns.