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YesTool not named · 7 Jul 2025

I used to spend six figures a month on contracting out work to programmers. Now I spend thousands

handfuloflight on Hacker News

I used to spend six figures a month on contracting out work to programmers. Now I spend thousands.

In the thread “The force-feeding of AI features on an unwilling public”, replying to this comment

Helped: Reduced cost and faster turnaround for complex systems.

… Or whether writing and reading syntax saves more time than pure natural language. I used to spend six figures a month on contracting out work to programmers. Now I spend thousands. I used to wait days for PRs, now the wait is in seconds, minutes and hours. …