Had anyone tried AutoPCB (https://autopcb.app/) instead?

Seems especially useful when paired with an agentic coding tool!

Yep, and it’s terrible

Not only did it burn a 100$ failing but it did so in a very untransparent way.

I bought a 20 dollar plan but they snuck a 100$ billed usage into the billing agreements next thing I know the agent as used the quote going in circles and my card is billed.

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reactordev 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

We need outcome based billing...

I don't want to pay for a service that doesn't deliver.

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elevation 2 hours ago | parent [-]

> We need outcome based billing... I don't want to pay for a service that doesn't deliver.

You can already do this: hire a consultancy to build you a working deliverable for a fixed price. They will be incentivized to prompt their tools well and to avoid tools that are consistently pathological.

	▲	somewhatgoated an hour ago \| parent [-]
		They will also charge a lot more than you using the service if they aren’t charlatans Edit: actually they probably will charge even more if they are charlatans

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trollbridge 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I’m so sick of this that I go to the trouble to set up prepaid cards to pay for these things now.

A handful of honest participants like DeepSeek are pay as you go instead of trying to sneakily bill you for usage.