- 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

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theopsimist 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

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

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tome 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

How many would it be?

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theopsimist 7 hours ago | parent [-]

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

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tome 7 hours ago | parent [-]

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

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theopsimist 7 hours ago | parent [-]

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.

	▲	tome 7 hours ago \| parent [-]
		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.

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wyre 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Please do it