Codestrap Roundtable: If Your Boss Incentivizes Token Burn, Get a New Boss
April 16, 2026 · 54 min
Why listen
Three engineers debate whether optimizing AI token usage is smart engineering or a sign of broken incentives.
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In this episode
- The real difference between writing code and letting AI generate it
- Why token burn is a poor metric for measuring engineering value
- How to tell if your team's AI strategy is helping or just adding cost
- Practical ways to think about AI tooling without losing engineering judgment
About this episode
Codestrap’s Dorian Smiley, Benjamin Rogojan, and Przemyslaw Nowak discuss the key issues and considerations fueling the debate between tradcoding and tokenmaxxing.
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Featuring:
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Dorian Smiley, Founder & CTO: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dorian-smiley-97a72a14/
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Benjamin Rogojan, Founding Partner & Fractional Head of Data: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjaminrogojan/
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Przemyslaw Nowak, Founding Partner & Principal Engineer: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nowakprzemek/
Codestrap:
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CodeStrap (X): https://x.com/Codestrap_ai
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CodeStrap (LI): https://www.linkedin.com/company/codestrap
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Code & Connor is where Connor Deeks and Dorian Smiley ask the questions most AI podcasts won't. Two founders — one strategist, one engineer — in honest conversations with executives, builders, and practitioners about what's actually happening at the intersection of AI and the enterprise.
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