Devin Makes an Expensive Mistake

Last week, we asked Devin to make a change. It added an event on the banner component mount, which caused 6.6M @posthog events in one week, which will cost us $733 Devin cost $500 + $733 = $1273 😢👍 Lesson - Review AI-generated code multiple times GitHub APP 12:02 AM 1 new commit pushed to main by abhagsain 3509a9d9 - fix: 🤡 $700 Devin mistake 🤦 SlidesAI/slidesai-web

A screenshot of a social media post describes Devin, an AI coding tool, adding an event on a banner component mount and accidentally generating 6.6 million analytics events, costing $733. Combined with Devin’s $500 cost, the total reaches $1,273, followed by the lesson to review AI-generated code multiple times. The GitHub notification shows a hurried fix for the expensive mistake, making the meme a reaction to AI-generated code causing costly bugs. EN: A screenshot of a social media post describes Devin, an AI coding tool, adding an event on a banner component mount and accidentally generating 6.6 million analytics events, costing $733. Combined with Devin’s $500 cost, the total reaches $1,273, followed by the lesson to review AI-generated code multiple times. The GitHub notification shows a hurried fix for the expensive mistake, making the meme a reaction to AI-generated code causing costly bugs.

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