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GitHub likely retired Models because coding agent patterns made offering free or subsidized tokens prohibitively expensive.

Though GitHub did not give a reason, the author bets the shutdown fits a pattern where coding agents made free or subsidized tokens prohibitively expensive. ✦ AI generated

Simon Willison · Simon Willison's Weblog · 2026-08-09 · original ↗

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GitHub didn't share the reason behind the shutdown, but my bet is that it fits the pattern where coding agent patterns made it prohibitively expensive to offer free or subsidized tokens.

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