Tokenmaxxing: The AI Productivity Lie
Your best engineer spent 500,000 tokens last week. Nothing shipped. There's a name for it now: tokenmaxxing. Failed prompts, dead PRs, code that never reaches production — it looks like productivity, but it isn't. Most engineering leaders can't tell you what percentage of AI-generated code actually ships, or where the budget went. You should be able to say "that bug cost me $2,700 in tokens to fix."
Harness AI DLC Insights (AIDI) connects AI spend to engineering outcomes — so you can see which prompts ship, which agents deliver, and what every token is actually buying you.
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