‘Tokenmaxxing’ is making developers less productive than they think
2026-04-17 · TechCrunch
Developers are drowning in AI-generated code that looks productive on paper but actually costs more and needs constant rewriting. Turns out 'tokenmaxxing' — flooding projects with LLM-generated slop — is the coding equivalent of looking busy while accomplishing nothing. More code, more problems, more money spent fixing what the AI broke.