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Framework choice becoming part of the AI bill is underrated. Verbose patterns cost twice: more tokens to generate and more surface area to review. For tracking spend: https://openusage-community.github.io/openusage-landing then https://github.com/openusage-community/openusage.

Interesting angle. Framework choice now affects not just runtime perf and DX, but how expensive it is for agents to reason about components repeatedly. Complexity has a token tax.

Useful angle. I’d measure cost per accepted component, not raw tokens. For budget visibility: https://openusage-community.github.io/openusage-landing then https://github.com/openusage-community/openusage.

Now do Mastro! Our entire source code is 800 lines of TypeScript – easily fits into any context.

interesting as a curiosity, but "pick your framework by token cost" is the tail wagging the dog. you choose a stack for ergonomics, ecosystem, hiring, perf — the token delta is rounding error against any of those. cool data point, terrifying decision criterion