Burn, baby, burn (those tokens)

In plain words

Burn, baby, burn (those tokens) is a tool in the Life & Fun category that helps users manage and consume tokens efficiently. Designed for anyone working with token-based systems, it provides straightforward functionality for token usage tracking and optimization. The software is available on GitHub for developers and users interested in token management solutions.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

From the sources

A bash one-liner that burns Claude Code or Codex tokens on purpose. burn 50000 # burn 50,000 tokens Install and run in 20 seconds 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 or Codex authenticated on your PATH , plus jq ( brew install jq ). "Wow, my engineering team is 5x more productive in just the last week!" MIT (but it's all vibe-coded so who really knows who owns it?). Burn responsibly.from github.com

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