Once you run out of AI tokens - is the workday over?

Matt Saunders highlights the funny - and expensive - reality of modern AI adoption:

“Once we’ve used our token budget, should we just go home? Is our work done?”

🔹 2016: "Track your server costs" 🔹 2021: "Track your cloud bill" 🔹 2026: "Track your AI token usage"

The lesson? AI can boost developer productivity, but unmanaged usage burns through budgets fast. The focus should be on usage policies, FinOps visibility, and measurable ROI - not unlimited prompt generation.

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