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- So I would like you all to do me a favor please. I would like you to take out your phones and calculate a number. I know this may seem contrived, but I promise it will be useful for you.

I’m thinking of vibe coding a calculator app How Many Babies Died For This where you input your startup idea, life(style) goals and AI token usage and the machine spits out the Net Babies Dead for you to achieve your dreams



Or as someone more elegantly phrased: https://x.com/tobytarrant/status/2065946761332486231


How many would it be?


I mean i’d need to vibe code the damn thing but as a rule of thumb you can save one baby’s life for around $4k


Why haven't you saved a baby's life?


Well let’s say the real (non subsidized) token cost to create the app is $40 that’s 1/100 of a baby i’m saving just by not creating it!

Ah i see you edited your comment, i’ll leave mine as is though.


Yeah I was more interested in why you haven't saved a baby's life for $4000. Maybe I'm being presumptuous, but even if you don't have $4000 in savings and liquid investments you could probably get a loan for $4000, or extend your mortgage. A baby is going to die if you don't.


Please do it




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