The Meter Is Running: GitHub Copilot Goes Pay-Per-Token, and Every Developer Just Became a Day Trader
GitHub Copilot switches to usage-based billing on June 1. Your $10/month plan now comes with a token budget, and heavy users are staring at potential 5x overages. Here's what actually changed, where developers are fleeing, and how to pick the right AI coding tool without going broke.
Microsoft Gave Its Engineers Claude Code. They Loved It. Then Microsoft Took It Away.
Microsoft rolled out Claude Code to its developers in December. By May, engineers were hooked — and Copilot CLI was collecting dust. So Microsoft killed the Claude Code licenses. The backlash was immediate. Here's why this matters way beyond Redmond, and what every developer should learn from it.
GitHub Copilot Just Installed a Parking Meter on Your Code Editor
GitHub Copilot is switching to usage-based billing on June 1. Same price, fewer guarantees, and your unused credits vanish every month. The flat-rate AI coding era is officially over — here's what it means for developers and what your options actually are.
92% of Developers Use AI Tools. Productivity Went Up 10%. What Happened?
AI coding tools hit 92.6% developer adoption in 2026, but productivity only rose 10%. The METR study, Uplevel data, and Klarna's reversal reveal why AI-generated code creates more bugs than speed.