hey I've been reading the matt pocock skills because I've re...

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hey I've been reading the matt pocock skills because I've read about his grill me and wayfinder skill. and tbh all his skills are pretty great. he said this on his blog ``` 10. Pay To Play One question I get a lot is, "How much will this cost?" Surely running AFK Ralph overnight is a way to rack up enormous bills? I never feel comfortable giving financial advice, especially to folks in low-income countries. But Ralph is completely configurable to how much you want to spend. HITL Is Still Worth It If you never run AFK Ralph, HITL Ralph still has big benefits over multi-phase planning. Running the same prompt over and over feels nicer than specifying a different prompt for each phase. Approach Effort Per Phase Best For Multi-phase plans Write new prompt One-off large tasks HITL Ralph Rerun same prompt Learning, refinement AFK Ralph Set and forget Bulk work, automation View Table I'm on the Anthropic 5x Max plan at around £90/month. I've run AFK Ralph a few times, but most of my usage is HITL. Why Not Local Models? I don't think open source models you can run on your laptop are good enough for Ralph yet. They require powerful GPUs, and the output quality isn't there. In AI coding, you have to pay to play. The Golden Age But we need to contextualize this. For the next couple of years, we're in a golden age where you can do magical things with AI faster than humans - but the market still pays human wages. The market hasn't adjusted to the fact that we all have access to extremely powerful AI coding tools. Yes, you have to pay. But the rewards are there if you're willing to claim them. ``` and this is a great point I have to say. the market is pretty good for this right now, is it not? i am kinda worried ill miss out on this. ive got a bit of fomo... yeah. the issue is that I spend a lot of time with AI agents and constantly do something. but don't actually produce anything. and that money making channel is the hard part obviously. ... there isnt anything tangbile for me so far..