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The video leverages a humorous and relatable pain point for engineers (appearing productive without extra work) and offers a novel, albeit unconventional, solution. The use of on-screen text and a clear demonstration makes the concept easy to grasp and share.

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This video introduces a bash script called 'burn' that allows users to artificially consume AI tokens from models like Claude Code or Codex. The script is presented as a humorous way to inflate AI usage statistics, justify larger budgets, and impress leadership with perceived productivity.

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This Tool Burns AI Tokens So You Look More “Productive” 😂 Do you want to look like the most productive engineer on your team without actually writing more code? Meet a clever bash tool designed to artificially burn through your Claude Code or Codex tokens on demand. By simply running a quick command in your terminal, you can inflate your AI usage stats, helping you pad those quarterly goals and impress your leadership with high innovation numbers. It is a hilarious way to justify larger budgets or climb the internal rankings fast. Just install the script, choose your model or backend, and start burning tokens to boost your career today. Open source: dtnewman/burn-baby-burn Spotted on Hacker News. Follow for more open source project drops. #ProgrammerHumor #ClaudeCode #AITok