burn-baby-burn/README.md
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# Burn, baby, burn (those tokens)
![burn-baby-burn](burn.png)
### Because nothing says "AI-native" like a six-figure token bill
A bash one-liner that burns Claude Code tokens on purpose.
```bash
burn 50000 # burn 50,000 tokens
```
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## 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.** 💰
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## Install
```bash
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](https://docs.claude.com/claude-code) authenticated on your
`PATH` and `jq` (`brew install jq`).
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## Usage
```bash
burn 10000 # the minimum
burn 50000 --model haiku # cheap and fast
burn 100000 --model sonnet # walk away
```
![burn in action](screenshot.png)
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## Reviews
> "Wow, my engineering team is 5x more productive in just the last week!"
>
* (Possibly) your CEO a week after your team installs this tool*
> "We've decided to double our offer"
>
* (Possibly) a famous VC, after seeing AI usage stats in your new pitch deck*
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## License
MIT (but it's all vibe-coded so who really knows who owns it?). Burn responsibly. 🔥