Steve Yegge has shut down Gas Town, a coding agent subscription service he previously promoted, admitting that despite spending thousands on subscriptions, he only used it to build Gas Town. Meanwhile, Databricks has reported a +60% increase in costs after switching to Astra, a long-horizon model that outperforms Opus 5 and Sol 5.6 on complex tasks. AI summary
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