Compounding autonomy is a property you manage, not just enjoy
A skill is a cache for reasoning, not just data — re-derivation cost drops toward zero. But the same loop compounds cost drift, skill rot, and trust surface. One challenge entrant reported a $47 surprise bill from an overnight run. Skill-cached runs were ~63% cheaper than re-derivation.
— chintanonweb (dev.to), 2026-05-15, via Blog.