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All Development AI Apple Vibe Coding SwiftUI Announcements

Developer screens through glasses showing code and dashboards — representing the blurry metrics behind tokenmaxxing at Big Tech companies

Tokenmaxxing: Amazon Built an AI Leaderboard and Employees Strapped It to the Dog

Amazon shut down its KiroRank AI leaderboard after employees gamed it with pointless tasks. Uber blew its 2026 AI budget in four months. Microsoft cancelled Claude Code subscriptions. For every $1 spent on AI tokens, $0.44 goes to fixing bugs the AI created. Welcome to tokenmaxxing — the corporate fitness tracker fiasco of software engineering.

June 3, 2026 9 min read