The Coding Triangle
4 articles · ~30 min total reading time
- 1.
Who Really Wins When AI Writes Your Code
Three parties sit in every AI coding session — the developer, the employer, and the tool provider. Only one of them gets stronger every time you press tab.
6 min read
- 2.
The Developer's Bargain: You Pay, and You're the Product
AI coding tools feel faster than they measure, reward confidence over correctness, and learn from every keystroke. Here's what you're actually trading.
8 min read
- 3.
The Company's Bargain: Subsidized Today, Metered Tomorrow
AI coding subscriptions are priced to create dependency, not margin. The receipts: a documented pattern of subsidies, ratchets, and quiet repricing.
8 min read
- 4.
The Open-Weight Exit: AI Coding Without the Leash
Open coding models now sit within a few points of the frontier — at a tenth of the price, on hardware nobody can reprice. What the exit actually costs.
8 min read