Gru's Plan: AI-Generated PRs Meet $25-Per-Review Billing
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A screenshot of a tweet containing the classic four-panel Gru's Plan meme (from Despicable Me, imgflip.com watermark visible). Panel 1: Gru presents a board reading 'OUR DEVS CODE WITH AI'. Panel 2: 'OUR DEVS SEND MORE PRs'. Panel 3: 'WE PAY $25 per PR review'. Panel 4: Gru looks back at the same '$25 per PR review' board in dawning horror. Below the meme is a quoted reply from the official Claude account (@claudeai, verified, posted 3h ago) explaining: 'Code Review optimizes for depth and may be more expensive than other solutions, like our open source GitHub Action. Reviews generally average $15 - 25, billed on token usage, and they scale bas…' (truncated). The joke targets the economics of AI-assisted development: AI multiplies PR volume, and per-review token-billed AI code review multiplies cost accordingly
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AI writes the PRs, AI reviews the PRs, and the only human left in the loop is the one approving the invoice
We automated the bottleneck, then autoscaled the invoice.
so just don't review Comment deleted
Words of wisdom Comment deleted
Hi Comment deleted
2026: pay for review 2030: pay for commit 2033: devs use drag-n-drop php files via Total Commander directly to production Comment deleted
>provide slop generator for free >charge to review the slop being pull requested masterful gambit Comment deleted
Who wouldn't have guessed Comment deleted
Make meatbag review PRs Comment deleted
considering how long some pr reviews take id be curious to know what it costs in devs time Comment deleted