AI coding agents make code cheaper to generate, but the real costs move into testing, deployment, operations, and long-term maintenance.

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AI code generation seems cheap and efficient, but it creates massive hidden costs. You save a little on writing code, but you pay a much larger, unbudgeted price in testing, deployment, and operational complexity. The savings for developers become a huge bill for the operations team.