Is "Vibe Coding" about to become a rich guy's luxury? 💸

Hey community,

Check out the image – this is a graphic estimate of how crazy costs could spike for heavy users.

Starting June 1st, GitHub Copilot is dropping its classic model and switching to pay-per-use AI Credits. Anyone using tools like Claude Code knows that vibe coding already has its limits because of massive context windows. But right now, we’re still paying a flat monthly fee, which sucks when you hit a wall, but it’s still a total breeze compared to paying raw dollar amounts for every single token straight out of pocket.

But here’s the reality check: this "cheap vibe coding" era is going to end soon. Right now, it's affordable for almost everyone because tech giants are just burning cash to collect our data and hook us on their ecosystem. Once they're done training on us, flat rates are dead and we're paying full price for real usage. OpenAI and the rest will definitely follow.

Which brings up a super interesting question: Is pure manual coding about to make a massive comeback?

Pure vibe coding generates insane code bloat, technical debt, and a massive token bill from constant trial-and-error. Once we pay per token, a junior burning hundreds of dollars to guess their way through a codebase becomes a financial liability. Suddenly, a senior who actually thinks and writes clean, precise, hand-written code by hand isn't just better for performance they're the cheaper option for the company.

This is purely just my take on where things are heading, but I’m super curious what everyone else thinks.

Let me know in the comments! 👇

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