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Show HN: Burn, baby, burn (those tokens)

A satirical bash one-liner that deliberately consumes Claude Code tokens to fake high productivity, top internal leaderboards, pad OKRs, and justify bigger AI budgets next year.

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Show HN: Burn, baby, burn (those tokens)
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  • A bash one-liner that intentionally burns Claude Code tokens.
  • Easy installation with curl, requires Claude Code and jq.
  • Supports token count and model selection (haiku/sonnet).
  • Satirizes AI hype and vanity metrics in tech companies.

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