burn-baby-burn/README.md
2026-05-15 13:22:40 -04:00

1.1 KiB

Burn, baby, burn (those tokens)

burn-baby-burn

Because nothing says "AI-native" like a six-figure token bill

A bash one-liner that burns Claude Code tokens on purpose.

burn 50000  # burn 50,000 tokens

Features

  • 📈 Make the CEO see how productive you are. 🔥
  • 💸 Investors will see how AI-innovative your company is. 🚀
  • 🏆 Top the internal Claude Code leaderboard. 👑
  • 📊 Pad your OKRs. ✅
  • 🦄 Justify next year's bigger AI budget. 💰

Install

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dtnewman/burn-baby-burn/main/install.sh | bash

Drops burn into ~/.local/bin — no sudo, no Homebrew tap. Needs Claude Code authenticated on your PATH and jq (brew install jq).


Usage

burn 10000                  # the minimum
burn 50000 --model haiku    # cheap and fast
burn 100000 --model sonnet  # walk away

burn in action


License

MIT (but it's all vibe-coded so who really knows who owns it?). Burn responsibly. 🔥