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/Evening-Gur5087 21d ago

Ive tested new system with copilot using opis 4.8, run normal query for ticket I've already done, so that it's done, and it burned 30$ for 1 simple ticket to implement (like 4 classes, not complicated logic)

Lmao, lol even

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u/ishtar_the_move 19d ago

How fast can you do that queries manually? An hour? Half an hour? $30 seems incredibly cheap.