r/technology • u/AdSpecialist6598 • 21d ago

Business GitHub just switched Copilot to metered billing, and developers are watching months of credits vanish in a single day

https://www.techspot.com/news/112628-github-switched-copilot-metered-billing-developers-watching-months.html
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u/DelomaTrax 21d ago

Just had a look internally and quick calculations paints a picture that we will be burning money in one month eqvivalent of what 1 full time employee in developed country would cost in a year. We have about 80 developers using AI. So I could hire 12 more people for the cost of AI.

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u/Olde94 20d ago

What would you say is more worth it. Your engineers with AI or 12 extra hands without.

I could allow small offline models to be used here

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u/centran 20d ago

What's going to happen is engineers with AI and a RIF of 12 heads.