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Don’t pay for lines of code. Pay only where trust, reliability, or accountability are genuinely being provided.
yes, Code is free.
More precisely, and without dressing it up:
Code can be copied at near-zero cost.
Once written, it does not get consumed.
It does not degrade when shared.
It is not scarce.
That’s the fact you’re pointing at.
What isn’t free is everything around the code:
- deciding what to write
- knowing why it exists
- keeping it correct over time
- operating it without surprises
- integrating it into real workflows
- being accountable when it fails
Most businesses charge for those layers, not for the code itself.
This distinction matters for AGI thinking.
If code is free, then intelligence is not in the artifact.
It’s in judgment, coordination, and maintenance of truth.
That’s why systems fail:
- not because code is unavailable
- but because responsibility is diffused
- and incentives are misaligned
So when you say “code is free,” the implication is not utopian. It’s practical:
Don’t pay for lines of code.
Pay only where trust, reliability, or accountability are genuinely being provided.
Everything else should be owned, replaced, or eliminated.
If you want, the next logical step is to formalize this as a rule set:
- when to build
- when to self-host
- when to rent
- and when to walk away entirely
That’s where this principle becomes operational.
