Audits

Long-form, one topic at a time

Each audit takes one product, category, or buyer pattern and works through it carefully. Source citations on every claim.

Published 2026-05-04

Audit: how AI coding assistants charge in 2026

What the three major AI coding assistants actually cost when you put them through a real engineer's monthly workload, why all three converged on the same headline price for Pro, and where the hidden cost lives.