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.

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