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What AI did to the cost of software
Original essays on AI-era build and consultancy economics. Every figure carries its source and the date we read it; where a number comes from our own model, we say so.
3 October 2026
7 min readWhat a UK AI consultant costs, and why the guides disagree
The counted median from IT Jobs Watch is £575 a day. Four pricing guides give bands that barely overlap, and none counts what it reports. Why the day rate is the wrong thing to compare.
3 October 2026
8 min readThe code got cheaper. Who keeps the difference?
In our published model, code hours fall from 399 to 121 while testing holds at 109. Where the saved hours go under fixed price, time and materials, and a credited fixed price.
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