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		nateburke 9 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tokens are getting more expensive generalist = fungible? In the food industry is it more profitable to sell whole cakes or just the sweetener? The article makes a great point about replit and legacy ERP systems. The generative in generative AI will not replace storage, storage is where the margins live. Unless the C in CRUD can eventually replace the R and U, with the D a no-op.

marcosdumay 9 months ago [–]

> In the food industry is it more profitable to sell whole cakes or just the sweetener?

I really don't understand where you are trying to get. But on that example, cakes have a higher profit margin, and sweeteners have larger scale.

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